Ambient DecayChapter of Business - Dreams of Poverty or Ramblings of Success.
Blogging and Writing for a Living
Though, many are making some type of money out of it, some more than others, the surprising thing about people writing thoughts and events on a blog is the reasoning on why they are. Tis naught for money; the act rather. Many write about politics, Gadgets and gizmo's, fashion, art, and music simply because they love the art of writing. The challenge that it offers. Having to bring in readers from across the globe and retaining them, creating something so interesting that it keeps them coming back for more each week, or even each day. Making this happen is a very difficult task in itself and takes many authors and publishers years to hone this skill. Even then, the author may be able to create stunning events in the minds of the readers imagination, through exhausting sentences, grammar, punctuation, and spree of creatively thought up terms. Still the author is far from mastering the skill. So why is it that writing is so sought after especially in the new age of blogging? Could it be the challenge? Perhaps it's a persons desire to create a world in the minds eye rather than on a sheet of an unwrinkled piece of 8 x 10 paper? Only the authors of the world can answer this; each one with a different answer.
Even without the answers from many different people, new and countless more blogs appear everyday. Some with the sole goal of generating some type of income, be it a business promoting it's products or an average college student finding some way to fill their time and making it as productive as they can. Either way they share the same goal; Will write for Money. Now the problem arises of manifesting this heart filled goal into accomplishment.
There are many ways of doing this. Marketing the hell out of what you write, getting that ever lucky break of a company finding that wizard of an author to weave their magic words into something a person would want, networking blogs to others, or even using Google Adwords. There are many more ways that could possibly generate or even supplement a persons income. Now with all this being said, people and companies fail ever so often and leave their dreams of writing for a living because they do not see the results as quickly as they wish for.
Giving up on the dreams of being an author is number one reason why people fail at it, or they simply just do not wish to make any money and want a virtual diary. Nothing wrong in that. So, if a person wants to succeed at generating something from blogging, be it satisfaction or cash, the only thing the author has to do is simply, Keep at it. The age old saying "Patience is a virtue." comes to mind. Never give up on dreams, for it a person does than how would a person know if it could be accomplished or not. Dreams are not easy, if they were than they wouldn't bring a smile or a glimpse of hope to a person now would they.
So don't give up. Keep at it no matter how hard or inevitable it seems. You'll never know what you'll learn out of perseverance. What comes out of it is sometimes lest expected and ever more so, never thought of. Kudos to those lucky few who have some moolla generating writings and blogs. Even more kudos to those who keep to their dreams and have seen nothing produce from their fruits of labor.
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Writer's Notes
Never give up the dream! The one who perseveres long enough must inevitably see results! Failure is just a temporary detour on the road to success!
Regards,
Jeanne