Let me start by saying........ Writers are the pillars of the world. Becoming a writer is not an easy job. It involve time a lot of it. Some believe it's a gift from above, a gift from God. Yes it is but not common.
Before becoming a good writer, these are involved:
You must be of good memory
You must be a good learner
A good thinker
And a good reader
Practice makes perfection. The more you write the more better you become. You don't need to be %100 perfect before you become a writer. Start from something, write on any topic and let the readers correct you. Some will praise you while some will discourage.It takes courage and boldness to write an article or a novel so don't be discouraged and don't be angry because a good writer never gets angry rather use all the comments as a stepping stone.
The problem nowadays was, upcoming writers never get a chance why because they're view readers left. Take this platform as an example: As the name implies "read.cash" not "write.cash", if am not mistaken read.cash means " read and get paid" the question is are readers getting paid? No, that is why everyone here wants to be a writer because that's the only way you get paid, that's why there are much spam. I think if something can be done about this, the good readers will be back and not the "sub me I sub you".
Right you are @Hanzell
It is easy to be a writer these days. Publishers are no longer needed. You can edit yourself and ask 20 people to read and correct you. Next to that, there are many tools for those who write in English. Grammarly is one of them but I know writers who join groups and it's a computer that provides them in a plot, characters, all the background info they need.
I doubt writers never get angry. I think they do or perhaps we should call it "temperament"?
Writers, real writers feel the need to write and the need to read. They read a lot and that's the main problem of this platform. The real writers read comments but are never read themselves. What is upvoted here is not what anyone would buy in a bookshop but it's friends support each other only. Many good writers left. The few still here gave partly up on commenting too. Why? Because it is not appreciated at all. I doubt users will read more if they get paid for reading. You can get paid for commenting and we've been there. Months of only " nice", "wow", " follow me" or lectures about the title... A title that has nothing to do with the article! People do not read but just say something to earn.
Well understand @wakeupkitty. You're a motivational writer
I believe I am more like an addict. The bad mood included if I cannot read or write at least for a few minutes. 😬
The thing in this era now is that everyone knows something. Everyone is a writer that wants to share something so with everyone here being writers, it would be rare to hear that someone wants to be a reader. Not when everyone is busy with their own lives and not when the topics people write about are overused and abused