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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to be a reporter and found it very intellectually stimulating. I told people I got to be professionally curious for a living.

Sadly the job market is super unstable, which is stimulating in a much more unpleasant sort of way. I now find myself in a more boring, more stable field.[/quote]

I was just going to say this. I moved recently from a not very stable newspaper job to writing content for a nonprofit. It's not quite as interesting since it's a niche area, but I think still intellectually stimulating in a more narrow way.[/quote]

Do you ever have jobs with benefits? Our friend is now writing for various tv shows but it’s always unstable and he gets no benefits - unless you call sudden unemployment a benefit. [/quote]

PP reporter - my first staff job had benefits. I was then on contract with another publication, where I did not have benefits but made a decent amount (for a digital journalist - it wasn't lawyer money by a long shot). Then when that publication got shut down I was freelance for a couple of years with no benefits. Went on staff with the nonprofit almost a year ago - I do have benefits here.

I don't know the situation with TV writers. It probably matters if you're an employee or on contract?

I think one of the harsh realities behind many many writers is that we need some sort of buffer, or support system - there is a tremendous amount of privilege in this field. I have a husband who gets benefits from his job - and he earns a decent $ (again, not lawyer $, but plenty for our family), so that gives me the freedom to have been able to do these other jobs. It's an unspoken but important part of many of these creative fields that don't pay a lot - there's family $, or a spouse who has a regular job, or something that affords the ability to take on these low paying unstable jobs.

I took this more stable job to take some of the pressure off my husband. He supported me while I wrote a book - also intellectually stimulating! - for a very small advance. I wanted to take some of the pressure off of him for a while. Just be able to contribute more to our household, $$-wise. I still don't earn a whole lot - people on DCUM would likely gasp in horror over my situation - but for now it's working well for us.[/quote]

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