Introduction - A Practical Life Manual for Writers to Become Independent

1 There is no such thing as a full-time writer.
2. Office workers live by their affiliations, while independent people live by their relationships.
3 What kind of relationship will you have?
4 The basis of relationships is notification
5. Live with sincerity and speak with purity.
6 The Power of Chance Connections
7 Relationships also require priorities.
8 Become an expert
9. Try endlessly
10. Live more independently
11 How to Connect What I Do
12. Build trust capital, not just recognition.
+ Independence and money

What's the reason for independence?

Writing opens up a way to make a living without a salary.

Who really enjoys the suffocating commute, reminiscent of congested roads and cramped subways? Before getting a job, most workers saw their workplace as a place where they could do anything they wanted. But for those who have commuted dozens or even hundreds of times, work is often synonymous with a paycheck.
Work, job, salary, and livelihood have become synonymous.
Then, under no circumstances can you quit your job.
If you don't go to work, you won't get paid and it will soon be difficult to make a living.
"How to Become Independent through Writing" is a book that teaches you how to break free from this shackle.
This is not a book that teaches you how to write, but a book that explains in detail the practical benefits of writing.

The author, Jiwoo Jeong, is a writer and lawyer.
I dreamed of becoming a writer since I was a college student in my twenties, but after becoming a writer, I realized that making a living from writing and living solely on royalties was a very unstable undertaking.
After much thought, I decided to find a new career that would provide a stable income, and I became a lawyer.
I joined a law firm and lived a faithful life as a career lawyer.
But I didn't give up on writing and continued to do so.
I used my new job as a new subject and wrote things I had never written before.
Then my identity changed.
Beyond being a writer or a lawyer, I have come to have an ambiguous identity as a person who writes, speaks, and plans something.
As a full-time writer, my livelihood, which had been unstable, has become stable.
It's not that I can make a living as a lawyer and write as a hobby, it's that I can make a living without a salary from a law firm.


The various 'relationships' I've developed through consistent writing have become the foundation of my livelihood.
The writing that fully captures my life became an excellent portfolio.
In this way, I steadily expanded my small "identities" as a broadcaster, newsletter publisher, book club operator, and writing club operator, and when I became confident that I could live without a salary, I left my job and became a freelancer.
I found a way to live independently and without any affiliation through writing.
The author encourages everyone in the world to write.
Writing is a tool that turns all of our life experiences into content.
Furthermore, if you consistently write about everything in your daily life, including work, childcare, travel, cooking, exercise, and walking, your writing will eventually become your own 'corner of faith.'
This book is a practical life manual from an author who discovered how to build a foundation for himself and live independently through writing.


If office workers have "affiliation," independent workers have "relationships."

The thing the author emphasizes most in his life of making an independent living through writing is 'relationships'.
Writing does not exist in isolation, but is a connecting line that connects the writer and others.
The author says, “A writer is someone who writes and has people read his or her writing.”
To make a living as a writer, you need to have people like this, and furthermore, I emphasize that you 'must' have people like this.
In fact, it is not common for office workers to take the initiative to create new relationships.
Within and between workplaces, small but new relationships constantly arise, such as with colleagues, superiors, business partners, and partners.
Therefore, not only can you not create the relationships that surround you, but not all relationships can become the foundation of your life.
But for those who live independently through writing, relationships are more than just a means of livelihood; they are the foundation of possibility and the starting point of everything.
Accordingly, the author reveals all of his experiences, which could be considered "trade secrets," such as what relationships are most essential for independent people, how to create and maintain such relationships, how to manage one's social media channels to expand relationships, and how to manage relationships so that they can become the foundation of one's livelihood.


In fact, the beginning of this book was said to be the people around the author who, like the author, wanted to live independently but were struggling on the verge of quitting their jobs.
It was a valuable experience that I wanted to share with my younger sister, who asked me how to live independently without any affiliation, and it was also the author's own secret that I realized through trial and error.
At the end of the book, the author discusses the reasons for independence, explaining that living based on one's writing and the relationships one creates on top of it is the way to fill one's life with "what one truly desires."
Perhaps writing is an honest tool for examining one's own life.
If you write about every aspect of your life, you will be able to find out whether you like your life or not.
As the author suggests, even those who aren't particularly interested in writing or books should try writing at least once. It will provide an opportunity to assess the utility and potential of writing, as well as the potential for your own life.