I’m Not A Writer, I Just Like Writing (Sometimes)

At the start of May i set myself the challenge of writing 60 articles in 60 days.

32 articles in 49 days is a good attempt but not good enough to be declared successful.

I wanted to complete this challenge for what Medium success means — money, an audience, and validation.

What i realise now is that i wasn’t in it for the right reasons. Rather than pursuing this opportunity out of a genuine desire to educate, inform or improve — i’ve been doing it with one hand on the keypad and the other on my bank balance.

The reason i thought writing online would be a good idea in the first place was due to a quick google search:

“Best Ways To Make Money Online”

Completing surveys sounds fucking boring. I’m not good enough at videography or photography to become a travel vlogger. I’m not technical enough to understand the complexities of stocks.

Thus, writing online was chosen as the profession to pursue.

With no background in writing, bar higher english essays and a follied attempt to write a book at 12 years old, i set myself the challenge of becoming an online writer.

All the advice told me to immerse myself in the environment, study the techniques of top writers and replicate their style.

Solid advice that i DID NOT follow.

Instead, in my usual fashion, i went ahead and gave it a shot while dreaming of overnight success.

Surely i’ll magically get better in time through nothing but divine intervention. Yeah, people will just automatically swarm to my articles and i’ll be rolling in cash soon enough.

My notions of Medium success were founded in egotistical desire. I wanted to write for external reward; rather than internal development.

Although 60 articles in 60 days has become a pipe dream, i’m not ready to give this whole writing schtick up yet.

When before i’d assumed the character of a writer and tackled my articles from an established viewpoint, i’ll now be focussing on exuding amateur.

Rather than pretending to be some sort of professional writer, I’ll just be who i am and approach Medium/writing online with my own style. I can’t think of anything worse than cookie-cutter success — at least in the field of artistic creation.

To be entirely honest, i’m not a writer, i’m just a bloke who likes writing online sometimes.

As Always,

Yours Honestly,

Commodore Pipas.