Is writing really that difficult?

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I have been on readcash for over a month now and I gotta admit; I enjoy what I do here. My daily routine has changed considerably as well as my financial lifestyle 😉.

I earn enough from here to support myself in school and that always motivates me to write. When I joined this platform a month ago, I was lucky to have rusty on my first article, I was excited and moved on to the next article, but it didn't go too well as the first.

After some more articles that didn't get good tips, I decided to research more about readcash and I learned from the experiences of FarmGirl, princessbusayo, HappyBoy, Jane, and many others. You can read more about what I found out from this article.

Onboarding new users to this platform

Now that I'm starting to understand how readcash really worked, I decided to tell my friends about it. I introduced it to a WhatsApp group chat and explained how it works.

A lot of persons were excited about it and later signed up, but I noticed from their questions that some of them were looking for a way to circumvent the system and earn from the easiest route possible.

Even after emphasizing that to succeed in this community, you need to be patient, consistent, and dedicated, many of them weren't patient and consistent and they gave up after a while.

I even gave them rusty's article that contains rules and tips on writing good articles that are worthy of rusty's visit, but I doubt any of them read it.

I know they didn't read it because many of them kept posting very short articles (less than 1-minute read). I even told them later on that their articles are too short and if they continue this way, they might never get anything from rusty.

One of them said "he is just testing the water with his short article" but he still did the same thing in his next article, I just gave up after that.

How hard is writing?

Yesterday, one of the persons I referred to readcash tagged me on the WhatsApp group asking about it, I told him it's still paying and I'm earning from it, but I made it clear to him again that it's hard.

He asked what makes it hard and I replied: "Because you might not earn anything on your first 10 articles". Then I showed him the comment FarmGirl made on one of my articles.

It's not like I'm discouraging them or telling them it's impossible to earn, I only want them to know what they are getting into, I only want serious people that are patient and consistent enough to grow with this platform.

While showing them the dark side of rusty, I also showed them its good side. I sent screenshots of some articles of HappyBoy and Princessbusayo and told them it's very possible to earn as high as them, it just requires consistency and patience.

They were wowed, they liked what they see and will like to earn a lot like those people I mentioned, but were ready to put in the work? Probably not.

One even asked if there is any juju (black magic) that can help to have rusty visiting his articles and to be earning high or it's just only to be posting original articles. I replied

That's it, if you can be posting original articles that are at least 600 words every day and be patient for like a month, you will be earning well.

And one more important thing: always interact with other users on the platform. Comment and like their articles so that other people will do the same for you. You know what goes around, comes around

That's why I said this thing is hard because you have to be reading other people's articles as well so that you can drop meaningful comments

speaking of interaction, make sure to check out my sponsors. Follow them and engage on their articles, it's one of the "shortcuts" to make it on this platform 😉

You won't believe someone else replied that "articles of 600 words will be very hard". Like seriously? I let them know that my articles are usually 1000+ words and that the article I posted yesterday was almost 2000 words.

They were all shocked and one of them even said his fingers will just cut off if he wrote 2000 words. How hard is writing 2000 words when you're writing about your life?

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They asked if I write my articles from my head or I copy them from somewhere else. Another asked what inspires me. I replied;

I write from my head. I mostly write about my everyday experiences. Like that article I posted today, I talked about referring my classmates to chippercash. My daily experiences in school always give me inspiration and I also get inspiration from other people's articles

They were all impressed. I told them if they were passionate about what they are writing about, then writing 2000 words isn't impossible. Will they get serious with readcash after all my explanations? Probably not.

I thought about what will make people feel writing is difficult and also why they will give up after a while on readcash, and I came up with a few reasons;

1. No passion for it

This is a no-brainer, you have to have passion for something for you to excel in it. Writing is fun for me and that's why I can write 2000 words which most persons see as a herculean task.

The funny thing with this reason is that you can initially not have a passion for writing but you will just pick it up when you start writing, that's what happened to me.

At first, I didn't have much passion for writing but I wasn't bad at it. I had previous experiences from writing for some news blogs and forums, but I never enjoyed it. I started enjoying writing when I joined readcash.

2. No motivation

What motivates you to write? For me, it's the earnings of some persons here on readcash and also my earnings.

Like I said earlier, I was lucky to have rusty on my first article and that motivated me to move further, and thereafter I got motivated by other people's experiences.

I wonder what motivated FarmGirl to keep going even after rusty didn't visit her first few articles.

3. Lack of patience

This is closely related to the second reason. What would have happened if I didn't earn anything on my first five articles? I'm pretty sure I would have given up.

I didn't know much about this platform for the first two weeks and I was just focused on writing articles. If I had someone that showed me the ropes from the start and told me that with patience and consistency, I can get to the top, then I will gladly give it my all.

But luckily for me, I found the help I needed from Happyboy's and Princessbusayo articles. After reading about their experiences, I knew I had to be patient and just keep doing what I do. It's just a matter of time and I can be earning as high as they do.

4. Bad time management

This one is closely tied to passion because I believe if you have passion for something then you will create time for it.

Before now, I used to wake up every day at 7am, and then I will just get ready for class. But these days, I always wake up at most 5 am, sometimes I wake up at 4am and I start writing.

It has become a new routine for me and my body has even adjusted to it. It has become that way because I enjoy what I do and I always look forward to writing the next article.

I write my articles for about 2 to 4 hours, and I don't usually finish them in the morning, so I just keep on writing when I have a break in school and finish them at night. But how many people will be able to do that?

I knew my friends in the WhatsApp group won't be up for it, but I was just looking for one or two persons that will be willing to change their daily routine to accommodate writing.

5. Unrealistic expectations

When I showed my friends the N150k ($300) that Princessbusayo made for just the month of August, some of them thought they will be able to earn the same in one month. I laughed.

You're just starting and you're already competing with someone that has been doing this for over 6 months? Wrong thinking and you will just end up burning yourself.

Lower your expectations so you wouldn't be disappointed and frustrated later on. When I started, I told myself I will be ok with getting $10 monthly (no jokes).

Well, I got that $10 after two weeks and I was very excited about it. I envisioned a month but I got it in just 2 weeks? Of course I was happy. After that, I made another $10 in just a week! But even at that, I'm still ok with earning $10 monthly

I knew I was still new and I understood perfectly well that I might be earning very low for the first few weeks (or even months). Those people that are currently earning as much as $300 monthly didn't start that way, they too started from getting $10 weekly. So know this and know peace.

Conclusion

In the long run, we are all different and we all have our strengths in various aspects of life. Just because I can write 1000+ words comfortably doesn't mean the next person will be able to do so.

I look at some of my friends and I already know who won't be able to cope with writing articles every day just by observing their habits and lifestyle.

So yeah, writing might not be difficult for you and me, but it's a herculean task for some other persons.

Thanks for reading and a happy new week to you all 💗💗💗

September 12, 2021.