Writers who tend to have the most productive careers and the most success in publication write every day. They're very disciplined about getting words on the page, which sas iam number oneit s elemental. And it is number two, also elemental, they read. The writers who write without as much thinking about money, tend to be the happiest. It's not a bad thing to want to make money in publishing but there are just certain realities that one has to come to grips with.