How To Stop Writing For Free

If you want to get paid to write, get paid to write.

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The working world is clever. At some point, it built itself a funhouse, Willy Wonka culture where up is down, down is up, and paths forward look like crazy straws. The professional world convinced us it’s doing us a favor by paying us money for work we do, even though we’re legitimately owed that money anyway. I’m sure there are much larger, historical…