There Will ALWAYS Be Naysayers

And those naysayers are usually people who think their way is better than yours. I guess I'm naysaying on them a bit. Even WordPress can be a naysayer…like it just told me that naysaying is not a word. Well, I just made it one, so there. Let's keep on topic.  I've been writing for the web professionally for 5 years, and I've come across my share of naysayers. First, they tell you that writing for free makes you a loser even if you are just trying to get your name "out there". Then they tell you that writing articles for only a few dollars each makes you a loser and you are bringing down the value of their hard work.

So, then you start writing for the upper echelon of the content mills, and still they persist. They say it's still peanuts because they command much higher rates. Furthermore, they procure work by merely resting on their laurels and letting it roll in to them without so much as an outgoing email. They've always done it better, longer, and more than you have no matter what. The clencher: They never offer any sort of proof because that is beneath them. From upon their high horse they naysay with vigor. I've never understood why they work so to bring down the little person.

My mom would say, "They are just trying to make themselves feel/look better." With egos so large, I'm not sure how they might go about being better. I mean, according to them, they have arrived. They can't get any higher. So, when the little person gets tired of getting kicked around and rejected at every turn, they, well, WE get feisty because we're not the sort that gives up…EVER.

So I would encourage all writers everywhere to DO IT YOUR WAY. It doesn't matter how you do it as long as you do it and you are not directly hurting others. Start at the bottom and work your way up. You can't just put effort into things blindly and NEVER get a result. There is a pay off at some point. That pay off may not necessarily be monetary. I encourage you to put the $$$$ out of your mind. Write because you love it. Ponder the success stories of people who did something because they loved it and it paid off: Anne Frank, Stephen King, J.K. Rowling. Ignore the naysayers. They will ALWAYS be there.