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What to Do When Your Writing’s Underperforming?

Not receiving love from your readers? Use it to your advantage.

Ryan J
4 min readJun 14, 2019
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Have you been writing your best stuff but getting little to no reaction?

Spending time and energy creating each piece. Searching for the perfect words, images and titles but to no avail?

Sometimes it feels like no one gives a damn about a single thing you write?

Don’t worry, I feel ya.

You see, I know what it’s like going through this kind of scenario. I know it can be extremely frustrating and drive you to breaking point, where you just want to quit.

Well, I’m here to tell you not to give up.

What would you say if I told you that this lack of engagement you’ve been experiencing could actually be a good thing?

You’d probably say something along the lines of, “Shut it, Ryan!”

Or words to that effect.

But before you do, hear me out.

The Advantage of Low Engagement

Over the past few weeks, I too have been going through this not so pleasant experience.

Each time I write and publish a piece I’m thinking, “Yes, I’m happy with that. I’m sure

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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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