They should go into technical writing if they want to get paid.
Shhh! Don't tell them. My daughter was a writer and editor for magazines. She saw the writing on the wall 5 years ago and went into technical writing. She's doing quite well now, highly paid, very busy and has too much work. The magazine she worked for went bust this year. She was an English major and wanted to be a journalist since she was 14. Glad she's not one now.