If you had all the money in the world, would you still write?

9 reasons to write, regardless of income.

Many of us write because we want to make money and create more freedom.

But what if you had all the money you’d ever need?

Is writing, in an age of AI, even a necessary pursuit?

What keeps great writers, philosophers, and thinkers returning to the page in the coming years even when they don’t have to?

Let’s strip away the veil of ‘needing money’ to see how we’d view writing in a less needy way.

Perhaps it will help you think about how you write and why you write, even if the bonus of making money from it is still in the picture:

1. Writing as a form of play.

When you take away the pressure to ‘perform’ or ‘sell, writing becomes a playground for your mind.

You get to experiment and write the weird, personal, and unexpected.

Some of the greatest writers in history (like Charles Bukowski and Hunter S. Thompson) wrote because they loved the process.

Exercise: Write something completely useless but fun — maybe a ridiculous short story, a fake news article, or a bizarre philosophical rant.