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Now try being a wood carver. Too many people don't realize that there is a lot of time and effort involved, and the moment you start trying to sell something to people... they go "WTF, That's expensive!"... To which I go "Yeah... and did you spend 60+ hours trying to do something like this... No, I thought not!" Or at least that's what I want to do. Instead, I get told that shit is too expensive and I stand their going "Mmmhmm"... inwardly boiling. Most motherfuckers have never 'worked' a day in their life, at least artisanaly speaking.I'm not saying this to join the debate or anything but I think it's kind of a situation of the internet meaning writers can now actually get paid what they deserve. For reference, your ballpark figure is actually not that far off what you'd probably pay a writer for a real-life story if you submitted something to a literary journal, for example. A short story would probably get you $50-ish if they liked it, maybe $500 if there were some prizes, maybe $1000 for a really nice prize. A lot of the time they won't even pay you at all. Then factor in the fact that most journals aren't going to accept submissions a lot of the time, publishing houses are slow and have their own issues with what they want to publish, and then you realise writing covers fuck all irl. You were actually not far off my own experience irl, to be honest.
But one of the good things about the internet is that your exposure can come so much more quickly and you can start getting paid enough to actually eat, a trend which I've heard is getting quite popular nowadays.
At least there is wood competitions/shows. I've won one award that was worth $150, that made my day. The work was called 'Three Hares' and is a shallow relief based off a piece from an English Church dating to the 1200's (The oldest is probably in China and dates to about 600AD)