As a pure amateur who has mostly written collaboratively here on reddit and elsewhere, what do you think is the state of the industry for someone who might want to make some pocket, if not living money, from writing erotica?
Has it gotten too crowded with reduced payouts to really make a new voice capable of putting something out there? Is it only possible if you spend hours and weeks shilling and marketing anywhere and everywhere to get that initial group of readers?
I mostly ask because I have gotten a lot of good feedback on my writing for the past ~3 years or so of taking a story approach to smut, with fully realized characters and arcs, and it's always in the back of my mind to try... But it is daunting to even know where to start. (And I won't ask you to read and judge ;))
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As a pure amateur who has mostly written collaboratively here on reddit and elsewhere, what do you think is the state of the industry for someone who might want to make some pocket, if not living money, from writing erotica?
Has it gotten too crowded with reduced payouts to really make a new voice capable of putting something out there? Is it only possible if you spend hours and weeks shilling and marketing anywhere and everywhere to get that initial group of readers?
I mostly ask because I have gotten a lot of good feedback on my writing for the past ~3 years or so of taking a story approach to smut, with fully realized characters and arcs, and it's always in the back of my mind to try... But it is daunting to even know where to start. (And I won't ask you to read and judge ;))
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