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The £0 → £10,000 writing experiment

I'm starting a writing business from scratch, in public.

Paul Wakefield · 14 July 2026 · 4 min read

The £0 → £10,000 writing experiment

The rules

  • Start from £0.
  • Publish the numbers, good or bad.
  • No paid ads.
  • Everything earned must come from writing.

The milestones

  • £0 — the starting line.
  • £100 — proof somebody will pay.
  • £500 — a repeatable offer.
  • £1,000 — the first real month.
  • £2,500 — retainers.
  • £5,000 — a business, not a side project.
  • £10,000 — the experiment ends.

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