Stop Before Deleting an Article

That you can put some crap on line, is true. We might not always be at our best and so far all encounter over read errors and eyes on the back of our heads while typing things out on the computer.

But yet, you might have written some articles you consider great, but seem not to draw attention. I had some and wondered if they might have been a too low standard to be worth watching, despite the fact I do consider them quite informative.

Seems like my blog thoughts are getting more attention. It earns less, but it feels so rewarding to do. Being an autobiographer is sort of selling your soul and cutting your guts out in public.

Ok, I do tend to keep some respect. Yes, I do describe how some people have hurt me, but I do not put it their as revenge. I had two articles I considered too bashy towards a person that had hurt me that I deleted, despite the fact they were earning.

I prefer ethics in writing and I do not mind being criticized myself, so I do think that writing facts that might not be flattering on some people, but might also not be a nice thing from me, seems better than just getting cruel.

Now I had informative articles I had put together that drew less attention. I wondered if they were well written enough. I did rewrite here and there and corrected and edited, but I have not been through all my older slobby articles.

And what is happening: some articles are getting views now. And some might become forgotten. I notice fiction writing does not keep getting traffic once it is dated.

Many of my poems might be great, but it is like they had views when they were new, but readers lose interest in time, like they are mostly read when new and not looked up later.

My informative, or social awareness feminist articles are getting most views and earnings so far. Quite funny I never thought my ideas and life’s experiences might be worth reading for others.

So my friends who kind of provoked me to write a “book” about my experiences, were right. I might not make to a publicist, but I do share my stories with others and I do hope to write more and share in the future.

Therefor I do not like to delete any of my articles, but keep improving them. I know I may not write the quantity I keep up now in time, when I find a job that earns a decent living.

Fact is I do not earn an income from my writings and I do not have a day job right now, so I use that to train my skills.

Practise makes perfect, they say and I do admit I am becoming more and more a perfectionist in my writing, now that I do know people read it.

Also do I set my priorities different: I will keep lifting my standards to make better articles and hope that it will make me even better if I ever finish my novel and/or might have people paying for my work.

Maybe my ambition to become a professional writer is cooled a bit, but my passion for the art of the written word has grown.

Keeping older, less polished articles might also be a nice thing for a writer, so you can follow up your own progress in style and content and others can too. Maybe you should not rewrite it all if you do not feel like it, as long as you try to make your new work better.