When asked what I write, my response is simple: Everything. Well, I draw the line at religious content and anything having to deal with Apple products. But in reality, I write all types of content, ranging from WordPress tutorials to upcoming screenplays. Why do I do it?
I am a writer.
Yes, that’s quite a vague reply. However, that’s how I feel most of the time. A writer writes. As long as I am putting a series of words together to be read by others, I am happiest.
Unfortunately, it’s also why I am often overbooked in terms of time. I want to write it all.
Yet, it’s not just slapping words together to form sentences for me. There is quite a bit more that goes into most of the content I create on a daily basis. So, let’s break down perhaps the most pivotal of those elements in why I am constantly trying to create more written materials.
I Love to Learn New Topics
One of the things that made me such an expert at Textbroker and other content mills was the fact that I love to learn. And what better way to learn a topic than to write about it? This is also what kept me in the good graces of a lot of clients over the years.
Because I have quite a few interests, I also have quite a few blogs. They give me a platform to learn about various things and adapt them to my everyday lifestyle. Then, I turn that information into a platform for helping others who may have the same questions.
I’m still learning today, as Google keeps moving the goal posts for success and AI-generated garbage saturates the Internet. Not to mention the amount of time I spend growing as an author. In fact, I plan on acquiring a few degrees before I’m done.
The bottom line is that I am always in a state of self-improvement. Whether it’s sifting through search engines or attending the University of Colorado, my mind is always open to new information, as long as it’s vetted and cited.
No relying on anecdotal pseudoscience here.
I Love to Help Others
As I said, I enjoy turning what I’ve learned into content for others. I am helpful by nature, and thrive on being able to help someone discover something about themselves or reach their potential.
Sure, I can do the same thing with video content, and I do in most cases. But writing is in my blood, and it’s something I’ll continue to do until I draw my last breath. If something I write can help save someone a massive headache or show them how to pay their rent with writing, I will die happy.
My thirst to help stretches so far that I donate a third of everything one of my blogs makes directly to Extra Life and Children’s Miracle Network. And I have plans to expand that even further by including all of my blogs and books.
It’s getting more difficult to generate revenue nowadays, thanks to AI Overviews. But it’s a fight that I’ll continue while showing others how I did it. And if I stumble across a method that boosts blog income or helps me sell enough books to become a best-selling author, you can bet that I will share that with the world as well.
A Passion for the Written Word
Since the age of nine, I’ve always wanted to be a writer. Throughout most of my adult life, most of my jobs centered around writing in one form or another. Data entry for the government, creating real estate insurance policies, and writing tutorials and manuals were fun for me.
Nowadays, my interests are split between blogging and becoming an author. In either case, I’m creating content for the public to consume in the form of free information or dark tales.
As a reader, I love visualizing what the author is trying to describe, as my imagination fills in the blanks to make a great “movie” in the Mind’s Eye. I love exploring the imagination of others and delving into what they create with their own hands.
That’s one of the many reasons why I’ll never use or read generative AI content. I want to relate to the human element, not what some database can cobble together on the backs of others. I want to see what YOU see.
Exploring My Interests
I have written a wide variety of content types over the years. From eBook manuals regarding networking equipment to a dark western tale, I love to explore my interests as a writer.
This also includes varying points of view, format styles, different genres, and writing for different industries. I’m constantly testing my boundaries.
You never know what you’ll enjoy creating more until you try something with an open mind. I wasn’t sure if I was going to enjoy writing a western, and Shadows of Atlantic City was perhaps one of the funnest books I’ve ever written.
Soon, I’ll start experimenting with screenplays.
The bottom line is that I will continue to explore all the different facets of writing. Not only will it look good on a resume, but it’ll give me a chance to flex my literary muscles while discovering my favorite methods.
Discovering Myself
Writing is more than just sharing information or entertaining the masses through storytelling. It’s always a way to discover yourself in a variety of ways. And I’m talking more than just exploring your interests or learning about various topics.
There is a lot of emotion that goes into being a writer. You’ll discover a lot of things about who you are, what you’re capable of handling, and what you find the most enjoyable. You may even use it as a therapeutic device to work out issues you may have in your life.
For instance, I’m writing an elegy in my Creative Writing Workshop at CU about my brother, who ended his life a few years ago after a severe battle with brain damage from drug abuse. It’s a way for me to work out a few things that I haven’t fully addressed out loud.
The best part is that you don’t have to publicize those stories. You can simply write for fun or to overcome various mental hangups. Writing is an amazing way to discover what it means to be you.
Why Do You Write?
I will always be a writer. From tutorials to stories, there is no shortage of topics for me to cover, regardless of the niche or genre. It’s what I do and makes me the happiest in life.
Yet, I do love teaching and have full intentions of becoming a professor. I’ll just keep writing while I teach.
Unfortunately, so many people focus on the dollar amount that can be made. It’s why so many people are eager to flood Amazon with AI-generated junk. They have it in their minds that the more books they publish, the greater the financial reward.
For me, it’s all about being creative and enjoying the process of putting something together that others will enjoy or use in some way. And that is more valuable to me than buying a five-million-dollar house.
Don’t get me wrong, selling lots of books while entertaining the masses would be nice. But I’ll still create content and deliver stories even if I don’t sell a single copy throughout the year.
What drives you to write?
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