When Writing Expectations Don’t Live up to Reality
Even though I’m a better writer now than I have ever been — I’m earning less than I ever have. Is it me or the algorithm?
Hello. It’s been a while since I last wrote here, perhaps even a whole month has passed. But I’m guessing there were no people to notice my absence, because, well, people aren’t seeing or reading my stories anyway, for whatever reason that may be.
I’m not going to sit here and say that life has gotten in the way and that’s the reason I haven’t been writing — because it isn’t. The reality is, I haven’t wanted to write here.
And it’s not about the insane dropping off a cliff earnings I have experienced. That sucks, big time because I used to rely on this platform to supplement my very mediocre minimum wage salary, but the bigger picture is that I’m frustrated as I’ve been spending the most part of this year putting my heart and soul into stories.
Bearing my worries, passions, and thoughts to the world with everything I had — and yet still, my words are falling flat. For example, I wrote the following stories recently and delved deep for every word.
I thought about how my life experiences could tell a story that would resonate with readers and wrote all of…
