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Theatre maker Daniel Bye explains it only takes one bit of bad luck – an injury, a failed funding bid, or even a breakup – to knock a successful freelance career into serious financial trouble.

From this graph of my pace while running the Helvellyn Trail 15k in October, you can see the moment I fell. The graph falls too, from occasionally touching six minute miles to a total standstill. The grey graph in the background represents the elevation of the terrain and if you look closely at the point where I fell you’ll notice two things: firstly, it’s at the end of a period of fairly steep downhill running. Secondly, after that point the graph is an exact mirror, because after estab... Keep reading on Daniel Bye's blog