Will writing make me rich and famous?

Will writing make me rich and famous?

Alexandra Pringle (Editor in Chief) gives expert video advice on: Will writing make me rich and famous?; What makes a good writer? and more...

Writing will not make you rich and famous unless you're very, very lucky. I think the problem with writing is that everybody can do it, more or less - I mean, they can physically write a page whether it's with a pen or a pencil, or a typewriter or a computer. However, very few people can write well, and people can sometimes write the most extraordinary and wonderful books and they can sell nine hundred copies. There is nothing to say that writing will ever make you rich and famous. One thing we can be certain of is that, when J K Rowling was sitting in her cafe writing her first Harry Potter, probably the last thing in her mind was that she would be either rich or famous. What she wanted to do was write a fabulous book. There is no point in writing a book unless you passionately, burningly want to write a book. If you're dreaming or riches and fame, you're better off going on Big Brother, or anything else for that matter.