The Writer's Handbook: 1998 (Writer's Handbook)

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DOING IT FOR LOVEBY ERICA JONGDESPITE ALL THE CYNICAL THINGS WRITERS HAVE SAID ABOUT WRIT-ing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easyto exploit us. That is also why we pretend to be hard-boiled, sayingthings like "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money"(Samuel Johnson). Not true. No one but a blockhead ever wrote exceptfor love. There are plenty of easier ways to make money. Almost anything isless labor-intensive and better paid than writing. Almost anything issafer. Reveal yourself on the page repeatedly, and you are likely to berewarded with exile, prison or neglect. Ask Dante or Oscar Wilde orEmily Dickinson.