J. Michael Straczynski’s
Income Advice For Writers

Not just for hard times.

Are you putting all your eggs in one creative basket?

In Becoming A Writer, Staying A Writer, J. Michael Straczynski spoke of the Three Legged Stool Theory, proposing that all writers need at least three streams of revenue and three streams of creative expression, at any one time, in order to survive. If a Hollywood success like Straczynski finds it necessary to diversify beyond screenwriting, it’s worth absorbing the lesson.

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