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Is Positivity Slowing Down Your Writing Progress?

After all, they say misery loves company.

Ryan J
4 min readJul 1, 2019
Photo by Nareeta Martin on Unsplash

Do you find that writing is constantly on your mind?

From the performance of your work to finding ways to improve your writing. Always thinking about new techniques that may help you grow your online following and meditating over articles you’ve read and dissecting how other writers are making it in a world that is so unpredictable.

Yes, once you’ve been bitten by the writing bug it’s hard to get it off of your mind.

It’s a dream of most part-time writers to one day be able to quit their nine-to-five and pursue a life doing what they love, writing.

But in order to do so, of course, you must elevate your writing to a level where you can survive on the fruits of your labour — in other words, you must make enough cash monies from them words to support your ‘lavish’ writers’ lifestyle.

So, where is the best place to start when trying to improve your skills on pretty much anything?

Yes, you go and check out the work of the people who are living the life that you so badly long for.

By investigating the successful peeps in your field — and preferably someone whose work you admire and perhaps even hope to be compared to

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Ryan J
Ryan J

Written by Ryan J

Writer from Northern Ireland 🍀 | Based in Sydney 🦘 | Exploring life, ideas, and stories worth telling.

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