Behind-the-scenes of constructing a full-time writing profession.
I noticed a fact about myself early on in life: Once I set my thoughts to one thing, I’d go to any lengths to get it.
My on-line writing journey began fairly by chance.
Sure, I’d at all times liked writing, and sure, I’d revealed poems and tales in a number of native and nationwide newspapers once I was in class. However I’d by no means deliberately got down to write day-after-day or construct a private model.
Issues modified in 2014 once I was in my last 12 months in school, and a platform known as “Quora” turned common amongst my classmates.
On daily basis in school, I’d come throughout some buddy both studying Quora or quoting one thing they got here throughout on it. The platform had questions in each matter beneath the solar, and customers may write their solutions.
I began in search of questions that permit me train my creativity, one thing alongside the traces of Are you able to write a narrative in 11 phrases?, or Are you able to write a narrative beginning with the phrases “She wasn’t the one?”
What began as a pastime quickly changed into an obsession. My tales had been getting views. Folks from all internationally commented saying how a lot they admired my creativity. I used to be getting 1000+ new followers day-after-day. And earlier than I knew it, Quora turned the primary app I opened after waking up, and the final I scrolled by earlier than sleeping.
I handled Quora as a enjoyable problem to provide you with new tales. I didn’t know I used to be sowing the seeds for what would grow to be a profession ten years later.
It’s 2024 as I’m penning this, and it’s been a full decade of me constantly posting my work on-line. How has this decade of writing modified my life?
I’m a full-time author at the moment who decides her work hours and holidays. I make nice cash by solely working for a couple of hours every day. I work with among the greatest minds on the earth, and am constructing facet tasks I’m really enthusiastic about. I’ve generated tens of millions of views on a number of platforms…
