Everyone Is A Writer Now
Everyone is fucking writing about writing. It’s my turn to do the same.
There are many new people joining Medium at the moment. I get at least one follower a day. Not sure whether they are people who come to make money (huge mistake) or they are people who like the written word.
Dear newcomers, you are fucked if you came here to become influencers of the written word. Nobody reads. To keep readers engaged is an art form. Only a few can do it. The rest of us do the writing thing for one and only reason, we like to do it. (We are masochists, we like the sense of mental pain.)
So yeah, if you think that you can become an influencer of the written word, you are having a laugh or you are naive.
If you came to pour your artistic soul out for us to see, you are fucked. Let me tell you, nobody gives a shit about your pain. Those who came here to express themself artistically have the same problem as you, no one gives a shit about the art form of writing. Did I say that already?
If you came here to write “How To Get Rich In 55 Different But Non-The-Less Exciting Ways” type of writings, you are fucked. Do you know why? There are hundreds of thousands of people like you on this site. There is enough of this bulshit already.
Anyhow, there are a few ways how it’s gonna go for you. You either will give up or you stay here (unlikely), pay your dues, read other people’s shit and write your own shit until you will find your own voice. Your own niche.
It’s painful work. Your soul will bleed, you will be ready to rip your heart out.
OK, I am overdramatising it, a bit. You are not a plumber kneeling next to someones else's toilet or a soldier surrounded by an enemy ready to rip your guts out. Those people go through the real pain. You, on the other hand, are trying to make sense of the madness in your head.
Keep fucking writing as this is the only thing that keeps you sane.
