Yes, I know what you mean. I know of some great ex-coppers who have written police procedurals but can't get them optioned for TV, but then you see some awful police procedurals on there. You do have to have a certain amount of creative licence but some are just terrible. I enjoy writing for Medium, although I do need to put time aside to get the posts out. And thanks, I always advise authors to view their work as a business because you deserve to be paid for what you do. It shouldn't suck the creativity out of it, if anything, when you're making a good living then you're happier, which means you write better in return. That's my viewpoint, for what it's worth ;-)