The Dark Secrets of Writing Online — That No Happy-Go-Lucky Guru Will Dare Tell You
Writing made my wife hate me
Reality is distorted.
The internet takes hard things and makes them look easy. Sometimes for financial gain, and other times to mess with people’s heads for fun.
As someone who’s written online for 10 years and reached 1B+ views, I have a different perspective. There are many dark secrets about writing online.
It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t write.
But it does mean you should go in with eyes open ready to get slapped in the face by these boogie monsters.
Your significant other may begin to hate you
Writing online isn’t a 5-minute a day job.
Anyone who says that is lying to you. Writing takes time to do. There’s the research, networking, distribution, and answering of comments.
One thing I didn’t expect is that writing would make my wife hate me. During the glory years I wrote for 10–12 hours at a time. This meant I didn’t see my wife.
As you can imagine, she got real pissed off.
I learned the hard way that you can’t let writing take over your life. Family is important. If you…
