Love thy enemy - How your competitors can help you make money

We all can do without competition. Be it for the time of that much sought after nanny for the children, that plum freelance assignment, or that exclusive house in the highly desirable and posh neighbourhood, competition can sour things up pretty rapidly and thoroughly. As professional writers, we are particularly vulnerable to competition, which comes not just from our contemporaries but also from those who are long dead and gone but have left their lasting mark in the annals of literature.

However, did you know that your competition can actually come to your aid? Other writers help us...

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Why people write

Well. Quite. Like asking why women gossip. Or men brag. Or children lie.

So if it is as pointless as a circle to write this article, why write? Why, indeed. I went to bed with this question churning in my mind like a stomach with a bad attack of indigestion. After four hours of sleeplessly tossing and turning, optimist that I am, even I had to acknowledge that this wouldn’t go away without further investigation.

So for the past several days, I have been exploiting my not-so-considerable brainpower to mull over this point. What is it that makes a person itch to record his thoughts permanently? Why...

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