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What: 📅 Hunger Games: How writers survive

Hunger Games: How writers survive

https://www.quicket.co.za/events/319653-hunger-games-how-writers-survive/

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Where: 🕳 EasyEquities Skrywerskamer

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🎟️ R50.00Quicket

Making a living as a freelance writer has always been difficult, but it has now become nearly impossible to do so. Whether you write books, articles, “content” or copy: opportunities are unpredictable. The remuneration for writing work makes freelance writing unsustainable as a career. Alternative plans are an imperative. Bibi Slippers talks to Jolyn Phillips, Karin Schimke, Leonie Joubert and the Flemish writer Frederick de Backer about the current environment, the possibilities for the future, and the factors that influence the careers of writers. An essential conversation for anyone who wants to write for a living.


Dit was nog altyd moeilik om ’n lewe te maak as vryskutskrywer, maar teen 2025 het dit haas onmoontlik geword. Of jy nou boeke, artikels, “inhoud” of kopie skryf, geleenthede is onvoorspelbaar en die betaling onvolhoubaar. Ander planne is ononderhandelbaar. Ilse Salzwedel gesels met Jolyn Phillips, Karin Schimke, Leonie Joubert en die Vlaamse skrywer Frederick de Backer oor die stand van sake, die moontlikhede vir die toekoms en die faktore wat ’n invloed het op die loopbaan van woordwerkers. ’n Noodsaaklike gesprek vir enigiemand wat wil skryf vir ’n lewe.