If you wanted to write a book

If you want immediate, fairly steady income, then writing articles makes much more sense. You can spend a long time writing a book, then not be able to find a publisher. Or get it published and have it fail to sell. You have to be pretty dedicated to write a book, and if you aren't a particularly good writer, it doesn't matter how dedicated you are, it's probably not going to be very good. There are a lot of people trying to earn money as a writer, but most of them, will never be able to earn a living at it. People who don't even bother to read much, and who have a very weak grasp of language think that because their friends praise their writing, they're going to succeed as writers. The internet has contributed to people thinking that writing is easy and that they're better at it than they really are.

My cousin and I wrote a romance novel once. It was a lot of fun but we didn't do it for money, just to see if we could. I think writing can be a good career choice but not a lot of people get rich doing it. And some people never get to quit their day jobs. But if you have something to say, keep writing!

I've always wanted to write a book since I was young (fiction) but have never really seriously looked into it, or thought about what to write. I've recently started keeping a dream journal to see if I get any ideas from there. I think unless you are very good, then writing novels would be hard to make a living at. I wouldn't know about articles though, I think they can be easier to write as long as you have a good grasp of writing and grammar skills