I spent the entire morning and afternoon interviewing students and faculty at Columbia College. My goal was to interview working professionals in the areas of photography and writing and journalism. It seems that most writers and artist don’t really make a living at their craft. According to Paula Payton, Coordinator of Services at Columbia, only 1 percent of writers actually make a living at fiction writing. That is a grim reality for a middle-age adult male looking to make a career change.