Rather than money, discomfort with getting paid to write seems to be due to: a general lack of confidence, which in turn is due to a lack of experience of writing to sell.

Writers tend to be introverts and to devalue what comes easily to them. They (usually) tend to be good at writing. They think the rest of the population is like this – they have no idea how bad most people are at expressing themselves and communicating.

It takes a few sales and experience in working with writing clients before they have a light bulb moment: “Hey! I can do this better than other people and I deserve to be paid.”

My recommendation to my students with this “money” fixation is to get clients and write. They soon get perspective. :-)

Cheers

Angela