How Do You FEEL As a Writer When you Reach Over 15 Million Views Worldwide?
So...
Early morning blast...
Been a lot of things going on lately...
Yet in this article I'm just going to aim to describe how I FEEL reaching over 15 million views worldwide and what I'm aiming to do next, both in writing and in my life.
In the UK all children are taught to write by the school system. I got in early because at age 4 I already had poetry published in the paper.
When it came to breaktime often at school I would just go to the library and read books. I mean, that would help me with exams right? The more books I read the smarter I'd become perhaps? There were certainly a lot of books you were TOLD or INSTRUCTED to read by the school system...
Yeah and in school or uni a lot of what you were marked on was your ability to write things. I always liked to get an interesting STYLE in, even in a history assessment for example.
And yeah I'd read for pleasure too. Some amazing writers out there. By 17 I'd already read all of Orwell's novels and got started on things like Updike...
Have to remember though when I was 17 it was the year 2000. People were not writing on the internet much.
As I've mentioned before even in the uni system up to around the age of 21... we were told or it was implied to be CAREFUL what you write on the internet.
I was still aiming to be a full time or at least make some money from writing up til 2005. Bit naive you could say but I loved writing then and still do now.
So yeah I made some money but went into sales more which is still interesting. Most people have little sales skills. I'll have some more 'sales' writing for you soon...
But in 2009 after an interesting job with
@BritishGas
I found out you could make your OWN website for FREE. So I could write what I want and not get censored. I'd already been censored a bit by 2009.
You'll notice though in 2009 and even 2010 I didn't write much on my blog. Partly because an evil man was building a big house right opposite where I lived. I also was playing a lot of poker.
Still doing sales jobs and other jobs...
In 2014 I had an article published on
@themotleyfool
.
This was pretty surreal. I had already achieved plenty of writing feats by then (not all in public domain) but having that lead article up on Fool was surreal. I did about another 4 articles. 40 pounds a time I believe which I was more than happy with.
Yet Sam Jenkins gave me a polite thanks that's enough articles for now message after that.
@ruperthargreav1
who also wrote for Fool at the time (an interesting writer although we haven't written to each other for years now) told me I could/should try and write for other websites like he did. He suggested
@ShareProphets
. I checked out the site and it seemed interesting and cool.
The first two or three articles I think I had already written for Fool when they appeared on Prophets. The difference this time
@TomWinnifrith
had bartered so I got 0.5p per unique view for my writing...
By 2014 I had already been investing in shares since 2005 though (actually strictly speaking 1998 although I didn't know what I was doing then so I count it since 2005). So I was spending quite a bit of time on shares and it helps your own performance and analysis to write about them.
So I blasted out loads of articles... some BANGERS there tbh... also contained some political writing. I even got paid 5p per unique view by the end.
In January 2015 though, by the end of it Tom decided to call it a day with me. His writing was getting the most views on the site anyway. I still think
@TomWinnifrith
is a very good writer, probably at the GrandMaster level when it comes to writing about shares.
Also I did meet (virtually)
@Financial_Orbit
in 2014 by writing about shares. Wasn't until 2015 that I messaged him and he replied...
It was only then that I dug deeper into him and found out he wrote and thought a LOT about shares. I didn't know this directly at the time but even by that point he'd managed a fund worth TWO BILLION DOLLARS in shares.
I think even at that point he would have millions of views on his share articles worldwide. For sure by 2016 he would have...
Now if I had to guess it would be over 300 million.
This is the key point about writing, esp for young writers. It is NOT just about the money you make. It's about the IMPACT you have on the world and the CONNECTIONS you make by writing. Also the MENTAL CHALLENGE.
Anyway...
Let's just fastforward a bit now to 2026.
I'm on over 15 million views worldwide now. Like I say, not all in public domain. Some has been deleted or you won't find it easily for free on the internet.
You may have noticed over the past two years I've been doing a lot of POLITICAL writing. I've always been interested in politics from a young age... and when I say politics I mean how the UK actually is as a country.
Yet again I've been careful for quite a lot of my life in what I've written about in politics. I mean as a salesman if you say you support a party that could put other people off who don't support that party.
You'll notice that most companies don't directly endorse one party.
Even though I've been spending a bit too much time on it you could say I don't regret writing about
@reformparty_uk
or
@RestoreBritain
.
The latter is the best patriotic party I've seen in my life time and has a lot of potential. I want to help and write more about them.
Which brings me to my key point now.
How I FEEL about writing and how much more should I do?
Quite a bit I feel. Ideally I should be paid more for it but sill want to blast plenty out. The way the UK is now we do need major social and political change.
I'm going to have to get more into the video and audio content as this is how people make money- some quite a lot from it. I still want to be a Councillor for
@RestoreBritain
even though this is one of the hardest goals of my life. I'll help them how I can- and for my British readers this is the best party to vote for.
I honestly feel I'm at the stage in my life now where I should write what and how I want.
Money is nice but it's worthless upon death. I've always had enough money in my life, unlike a lot of writers. I still need to spend time getting money but I do a bit.
Thank you for reading. There is more to come. Feel free to connect if you are smart.
