All writing is art.
My father worked in Production Control for an electronics company. What that meant was that he was primarily responsible for whether the stuff that was made came out right. (Quality Control, where he started out, is about finding what’s wrong when Production Control fails.) No amount of training and oversight can supplant a good written procedure.
He wrote procedures he could send off from his office in Tijuana to techs in Boston and they could be followed blindly without modification.
That’s art.
Over the years I’ve settled into some assumptions about what kinds of writing are harder than others. (I do not warrant this information to be useful. I just hope it’s interesting.)
… more … “Why Poetry is Harder to Write Than Non-Fiction”
A new question is coming up with some regularity.
After 6 years of struggle, last fall things turned around. My 7th year back in self-employment has, so far, been the best. Less anxiety. More fun. Greater clarity. Better schedule. And even better money.
Some authors hope their first book will make enough money to encourage them in their writing dreams.