I wonder if I could make a living by writing.

我不知靠写作能否维持生计。

youdao

And if no one is buying, then fewer and fewer writers will be able to make a living, or even supplement their income, by writing.

但是如果没有人买的话，越来越少的作家能够通过写作来谋生，更不用说补贴他们的收入了。

youdao

How does he make a living? He lives by writing.

他怎样谋生呢？他以写作为生。

youdao

If you make a living by writing, are you proofing materials before you submit for job applications to ensure there is not one typo?

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Think for a moment if somebody told you that from now on you were not going to make a living by writing, but that instead you would have to find a manufacturing job because the global market has concluded that it is much cheaper to outsource journalistic work to India.

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