Been writing wannabe professional for a bit now and the short story fiction I’ve been working on (3+ volumes) could probs be classified as weird. (Not a forced weird, just happens)<p>That said, definitely haven’t made any financial gains in the world of writing, and “optimizing” for weird, based on firsthand experience , doesn’t quite ring as sage advice<p>If you want to “make it as a writer,” and unless you’re kinda hardcore about it, it may be a better idea to start a podcast / real-time capture your journey as a writer (while writing.)<p>Printed text (books) requires work to access and usually doesn’t do a great job marketing itself / has “low-virality.”<p>Reading is work; watching / listening is easy, maybe even relaxing.<p>Beyond your average interview podcast, pursuing a career as a writer & sharing that work via podcast is a direction I personally haven’t yet seen explored at length