If I write 8 hours per day for the next 4 years, will I become

>>1386503
he made a little over 1$ per book sale

seems like a shit industry

>>1386503
No, but you will have a lovely English degree

>>1386505
Music and literature are both god awful industries.

Especially music

>>1386522
>write lyrics
>write music
>get paid jack shit while some bimbo dances on stage and gets all the credit for your work
Don't know how songwriters escape suicide desu

>>1386531
I feel sorry for Max Martin.

Independant or bust

>>1386503
Write, read, learn, write, read, learn, write.

Yes.

>>1386531
A friend of mine:

25 years old
Producer (not a big guy like avicii, 99,99% dont know his name)
Net worth: 13 fucking million Euros

>>1386594
Produces for himself, not for others

>>1386597
No his name is never on the screen.
Other guys sing the songs and he got to pay a good amount to the label (Warner, Universal ... He is at a major one)

>>1386503

a "successful" author is one that make a living off of writing, without resorting to food stamps.

so probably not.

>>1386503
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxTRCPKFltE

>>1386503
That's like asking: If I shitpost for the next 4 years, will I become a successful Redditor?
Practice is one part of the equation but you also need to honestly examine your work and get other people to critique it. If you're not improving you're stagnating or worse declining.