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Writers & Readers
Why do you read and write?
I enjoy reading and writing and benefit a lot from both. I joined this place to read, and it saved me money on newspaper and magazine subscriptions.
After a few months, I started writing and publishing some of my works here. Last year, I made decent money on realistic fiction stories.
I like to write and read every day. That means I write something daily and publish once or twice weekly or monthly on different platforms.
Community
This platform encourages writers to join the community and support one another — read.
Why read other stories? From what I read — to help increase pay for writers.
That is, you read mine, and I read yours? Do I believe in this doctrine? Not really.
The truth is most writers I read don't read my work, and most people who read my work, I don't read theirs. After all, James Baldwin…
