You May Be The 2nd Type of Writer Among The 05 Listed Here — Let’s Bet!
And how each can affect your writing career
He was tired, but he kept walking.
He was thirsty, but he still kept walking, his lips dried and his shirt too dirty. It was late in the night; the forest was dark and silent. Nothing could be heard but the faint hum of sleepless night birds.
He was in need of water, food, and clothes to cover his body from the snow falling.
He halted, wiped his forehead, his face, and then kept walking; pulling his leg out of the sandy snow that made the whole place 'white’.
He had no idea where he was heading to. No direction. No roadmap to show him the way. Nothing. Nothing to follow to get back home. Nothing at all! Just walking in the midnight full of snow without knowing where he’s going.
Waste of time!
Guess what, reader? That’s the surface meaning. The true meaning lies under. Lemme show you the:
That’s a writer who had no purpose in writing. No read — and most writers can’t tell why they’re writing. Some know, though few. The most common answer is 'earning’, for most cases.
[It’s like that man: walking around with no actual direction of where he’s heading]
Some may realize their own purpose if someone may describe it to them. And that’s what I’ll show you now.
I’m sure you have one of the following purposes at the back of your mind as a writer:
1. Project Tester
Some of the writers you’re reading articles from are into writing for a particular project in school or the workplace.
They’re on a project to promote a certain company’s product on a website (especially Medium that has an internal audience) and then after they’re done, they vanish.
You’d be wondering why you were not seeing a certain writer, have you ever felt this?
As you jump into their profile and you’ll see them talking and talking about a certain product. Most of the time.
They write to promote their targeted goals, as they did they leave.
Effect (pros and cons):
- They have less concern about follower count or growth, getting customers is their main aim.
- They hardly collaborate with other writers.
2. Money Maker
They create, they earn.
90% of writers fall in this category. And I’m sure most writers would love to earn from writing words they love. You’re probably among these type, mmmm?
I looooooove money, don’t you?!
In fact, who on Earth have you seen hating them? Because we must earn a living to survive. But... You have to keep money talk aside when you start, and focus on writing. The rest will come later, consistently.
Effect (pros and cons):
- They take it seriously.
- They build the audience first.
- An email list is the greatest tool.
- They learn and earn by teaching others.
- Financial freedom is the main thing, the main goal.
Here’s a secret:
If you want to make incredible earnings from words, give out free help to your audience. Free stuff, advice, knowledge, skill. Give it out for free at the initial stage.
Chase the writing, not the cash.
3. Life changer
They change other people’s life:
- From broke to success
- From hopelessness to inspiration
- From unhealthiness to full fitness
- From mental illness to mental well-being.
Oh, dear, what are you thinking? They’re hard to find? Yep, they’re rare. Few. Scarce. Not rampant.
They are usually religious leaders 'Imam' or 'pastor', inspirational writers and the like. They learn to change lives. Through what?! Through words.
Writing changes the life of people!
4. Passionate
They are writers who love to write because of their passion.
It’s not only money that chases people to write online. There are rich men and women who have achieved greatness but still write and publish.
Why?
Because they’re passionate about it.
5. Relationship builder
How many friends have you made since when you started writing?
Many, right?
Here is an intersection, not only do you write mainly for the ‘writing’ but relationship and friendships comes along. Almost all types of writers make relationships, few don’t. Rare. Not common.
There are writers I’ve seen who have a huge number of followers but have no email list. No blog. Not selling course. No pub. No landing page. Just writing. But they have what? Many friends, and many followers to share their expertise with.
They write, build connections with others and make friends. That’s what makes them happy. It brings them joy. They only want to see fans through their words.
Thanks to Bird, Facebook, and Discord.
But the question is:
Are there writers who solely write because of friendships and growing fans?
