How Much Do Fiction Writers Make?   Fiction writers can make a
lot of money or they can make very little. Most writers do not
make much money at all and struggle to pay the bills with only
their writing income. Writers who have found success can make a
good career of it once their material is selling. These days
with self-publishing options, more writers can make money off of
their stories. But it still takes a special success to make
bigger money as a fiction writer.