A Devil's Deal
May 12, 2008
I expect to be a little scarce this week, so let me give you this to think about.
The devil shows up at your door and makes you a couple of offers.
1. He'll give you $1,000,000 a year, no strings attached, if you give up writing entirely.
Or...
2. You can make $125,000 a year writing anything BUT fiction.
Do you take either of these deals?
Cheers,
Mark Terry
posted by Mark Terry at 4:45 AM
11 Comments:
The million dollars--is that taxable income?
Deal #1.
Take the money, TEACH writing. Become a filmmaker. Garden. Take up painting. Do something else with my creativity.
E
Door #2 is out, because non-fic writing is excruciatingly difficult for me.
Door #1, ditto what Erica said. Except first I'd try to trick the devil by "typing" fiction instead of "writing" it.
I'd take the first offer in a second. I need $1,000,000 a year more than the world needs my writing. And so does my family. Besides, I majored in art for a year. I could buy a lot of watercolors with $1,000,000.
No to both. Ouch, but no. The happiest I've ever been was when I was living hand-to-mouth.
As wonderful as expository writing is, high drama is the province of fiction alone.
Ooh, I feel so evil today.
I'm with Stephen. I'd rather be poor than deal with the devil.
"What profiteth a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?"
The devil's a tricky fucker. It's best to walk away from any of his deals.
I wouldn't answer the door.
...
Money vs Insanity...
how cruel of this devil!
I read the post and immediately said I'd take #1. Then I started to feel sick. I'm surprised at myself, but I wouldn't take either deal. I even tried to convince myself, but to no avail.
I'll remember this the next time I feel like the writing's making me crazy. "No worries, you were crazy before. Remember the million-dollar deal?"
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