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Writing is Damn Hard Work
The “gurus” aren’t lying to you, just sharing their tools.
I’ve seen a few posts over the last week or two, enough to make it something of a trend, where writers here on Medium start complaining about all of the advice articles they’re seeing from other writers.
Of course, this is all thinly veiled advice of their own that they’re dishing: You don’t need a niche! You don’t need to write every day! You just need to have fun!
All I can can say is: yeah, I guess that’s one way of looking at it.
It all depends on what you’re here for.
If you’re here to have fun, if you’re here to let out your spare thoughts, to keep a blog on the side, to let out your thoughts every now and again, that’s great. That’s a perfectly valid use of your time and energy. If you have a real job, a real career that you enjoy and invest most of your energy in, if writing is just a side gig for you, that’s fine.
It’s even fine that you’re a part of the Medium Partner Program; that you earn a few dollars on the side. Having a little bit of extra cash on hand never hurt anybody. Writing is fun! Getting views and applause and claps makes you feel good. It’s a little dopamine hit that doesn’t eat your brain from the outside in or add extra inches to your thighs.
