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How to Build a Financially Viable Creative Career
Tips from an unlikely full-time creator
My parents worried that I would try to become a writer when I started college. That’s why when one of my English professors during my freshman year sent them a letter praising my writing and explaining that I had a talent for textual analysis and storytelling, they kept it a secret from me for more than thirty years.
I only discovered the letter's existence when they told me about it after I had quit my law practice to become a freelance copywriter, much to their disappointment.
With my children, I’ve taken a different approach. My teenage and young adult children want to pursue creative careers in music, film, fashion, and the visual arts. They’ve seen how much happier I’ve been since I switched careers from law to copywriting and how my excitement for my work has only increased as I entered my third career phase as a copywriter for creators, essayist, and haiku comic artist.
Instead of trying to cajole my children into a “safe” career, I’m open with my children about the challenges and rewards of building a creative career that you love and that supports you financially.
Because of my thirteen years of copywriting experience working mostly with artists and experts, I have seen how other…
