Sorry to break it to you, kid, but to write for money, you need the ability to write something people want to read. It's no different from selling meat pies -- if your meat pies taste bad, nobody will buy them. If they taste good, people will give you money for them. If they taste really good, a lot of people will want to buy them. You're not sellling out, you're selling meat pies. Which is exactly what Shakespeare was doing. People loved his meat pies, especially the funny ones. If they won't pay you for your meat pies, maybe you shouldn't be in the meat pie business.
Sorry to break it to you, kid, but to write for money, you need the ability to write something people want to read. It's no different from selling meat pies -- if your meat pies taste bad, nobody will buy them. If they taste good, people will give you money for them. If they taste really good, a lot of people will want to buy them. You're not sellling out, you're selling meat pies. Which is exactly what Shakespeare was doing. People loved his meat pies, especially the funny ones. If they won't pay you for your meat pies, maybe you shouldn't be in the meat pie business.
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