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What I Wish People Knew About Online Writers
All the assumptions are wrong
Online writers are apparently the start of a new pyramid scheme.
We’re called influencers, bloggers, audience builders, or digital writers. We’re part of this thing called The Creator Economy.
Some hate it. They think it’s about nothing more than clickbait and gaining attention any way possible.
It pisses me off.
As someone who has been an online writer for 10+ years, let me tell you what most people don’t know about us.
The world doesn’t want writers to earn money
They’ll let some suit on Wall Street make $5M a year for doing nothing.
But the world doesn’t want online writers to earn a living. Almost every platform that’s claimed to help us writers has secretly exploited us. They’ve quietly tried to turn us into Uber drivers.
Imagine getting a job and finding out the salary was variable. You could earn anywhere from $1 to $50,000 a month.
That’s what it’s like for us online writers at the start.
If we try to make money we’re called make-money-online gurus. We’re apparently sellouts. We’ve cheated on the craft of writing.
