Nicolas Cole argues writers can earn serious money in the digital age by treating each piece of writing as an asset that builds skills and online presence. He bought out his BMW lease as a writer, surprising the salesman, and says dedication to craft and digital platforms creates pricing power most careers can't match.
Yeah, I don't think the average person realizes how much money you can make as a writer. I'll tell you a story. A few weeks ago, I bought out the lease on my M850 BMW. And, you know, I'm young, so the sales guy asked what I do for work, and he guessed I was in tech. And when I said, I'm a writer, he looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language. His brain couldn't even compute what I had just said. And he even said to me, wow, I've never heard that one before. But, yeah, there is so much money in writing and so much leverage. More leverage than most career paths. Everything you write is isn't just effort, it's an asset. And the more you write, the more skills you acquire. The larger your library grows. The larger your digital footprint, the more opportunities you attract, the more pricing power you have. It just goes on and on and on. It makes me so sad how many creative, really talented people in the world think it is impossible to make a living as a writer. That's just not true. You can make an obscene amount of money writing in the digital age. You just have to be willing to go on the journey and build the skills in order to do so.
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