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about writers not being paid well just so they can also come see reasons with me here concerning this question asked by my very good friend here on hive with the user name:
I really like this question
And what is the optimal amount? that's the question. If we compare a saleswoman who works 12 hours selling or a writer who works a few hours from the warmth of his home...
We have to compare with the working conditions.
If authorship is really completely undervalued, why rather not sell rolls? Comment link
It's awesome how you came out genuinely with your thought on my old post topics with a very reasonable question
It is very important to note that all jobs are unique and special
Writters are more like the advanced teachers or reports, they help the world with reliable informations, and now it is also important to note that not all writters do take their time to give a great job and we are not here for that kind of writters.
Writing is more difficult then Making a peach
Writing requires full attention, and intensive arrangements of every word and sentences put out. The reason why the market woman can not be compare with the writer out there is the help they both offer in making the world a better place. Writing involves emotions and feelings as well, if you can't feel your writing then the information cannot be passed rightfully as it's intended to. remember writers don't just write on a single topic, they pass through an entirely process of switched feelings, and emotions attached all to give in the best.
The market woman is selling just so people don't get hungry
The writer writes so the world don't lack history and knowledge =Power
History is what make us comfortable with not questioning every single thing we see and do repeatedly. With writters, the world get knowledge and what do they say about knowledge again?
Knowledge is "power"
knowledge gives meaning to every single thing
The market woman goes to the market everyday selling the same goods and rendering the same services, while in the other hand the writer keep writing different topics solving different isuses, and if it requires him/her to do that in a different language, he/she will look for a way to translate it or even take years leaning that language.
Writters go the extreme of leaving their comfort zone to an entirely strange land just to experience how the place works, and write about it just so people know about it, and avoid why they need to or whatever danger that awaits.
Writters go to the extreme of traveling from one place to the other just to write a very comprehensive documentry story that will help the Present and upcoming generation to come, just so they get informed about their ancestors, and things that they need to know about such places.
Like i said earlier, everyone's job is unique and special, but some are just very big and yet not getting the recognition needed, and it can be very painful sometimes!
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The woman selling on the road side and a writer that writes from the comfort of his or her home are both doing what they best know how to do. A writer writes with inspiration and critical thinking before he or she comes up with words to give out to the audience/readers so we deserve reward because we put in our heart,emotions and mind into our work.
So I will say where the work is done and how many hours it’s done it’s not necessary and what’s necessary it’s the good work a person does .
I'm glad to get feedback already, I totally support your points on this post @mercysugar
Whose bread you eat, Him song you sing.
The pen is mightier than the sword .
Positive person with a good job He has different working conditions and motivation .
A stressed man again has different condition.
Is a stressed out person with a bad job a little punished ?
And what if all such people wanted to be authors ?
Don't take this as a criticism .I like to discuss .
I was personally driven to despair .For lack of perspective .That's why I'm here looking for here
Indeed alot is involve, I asked the same question some Time ago and didn't get an answer.
Like I stated boldly, All work is unique and special, there are something we keep looking for answers and yet, still struggles to get one.
This question is really logical, everyone cannot wish to be doing the same thing, we have a very big and crazy world, where you will literally find someone loving to steal from people rather than working for themselves. And when you ask them if they will love to do something more decent, and you will get an answer from them saying they actually love what they do.
It could be that the market woman loves what she does, and the writer in the other hand loves what he does as well.
Without any doubt, it is very clear that the amount of effort writers put out to give the world the best they can offer in history and not being recognized that much, more like teachers.
Is a bad teacher better than no teacher ?
Unfortunately, most people don't do what they enjoy
Well the sad truth here is that, a bad teacher is actually better than no teacher.
And it's crazy how things has to be this way sometimes!
Life is crazy!
One of the things that I have an issue with is when people say they deserve more rewards or money or something compared to others. This is socialism in a nutshell.
If a writer wants to earn more they need to write about something or in a way that’s compelling. If people write and it’s not well received then that may not be the fault of the consumer if it’s boring content. I know there are certain things that are good to write about that aren’t entertaining but I think a writers job is to draw the audience in. If they can’t draw them in then they are not going to be very successful.
The basis of things that have monetary value are supply and demand. If the supply for writing about topics or things isn’t very good then the demand for it will equally be low. If the topic is good or the ability of the writer to draw the audience is high and not easy to come by then they will take more rewards or value than those who are mundane or write about things poorly.
I think if you are looking for more as a writer you should aim to differentiate yourself as a writer otherwise there are millions of other ones out there. What makes one different from the other is how you can draw people in.
OMG!
You really started some very cool facts and it's really true has you have stated.
Do you know there are some very good contents out there that never get recognized?
There are some very good writer, more talented than the most popular ones but no one knows about them?
Well, indeed like I stated and as you confirmed, no job is less important, every job is unique.
We can't have all we want in life, and even if writters where paid enough, maybe we would have still complain?
I can spend hours writing, editing and sharing my posts and there is no guarantee of there being many upvotes or even covering my costs.
But I own my little space on the Hive block-chain and that is better than a website as I can post what I want, when I want.
I wish I got paid to write more on Hive, more often.
I totally understand, hive for me is actually the best place for writer especially my type of writer.
Here, I have full control over my account, and there is nothing as sweet as that.
We all wish for some things and it may only take a little while to starting seeing results, we will wait. Isn't it?
Happy blogging @shaidon 🤍
Thanks for this. I love it and it becomes a place to look back at my past occasionally and compare how wrong I was then.
My goals for this year that went unmet, etc.
But I can also put where I live on the map, or meet new people with different ideas and interests.
That's the crazy fun part of it, I love it.
Yeah. Chuckle.
Harlan Ellison said 'Pay the damn author', and the best advice a writer ever recieves is that publishers pay them, not vice versa.
That being said the comparison of a writer to a market seller is to compare apples with shoe polish.
Both can be purchased, but the circumstances of such are very different.
Let's take the market seller. To secure their position they need to book or arrive early - many markets having limited space available.
Then they need comestibles or wares folks require at a price which sustains the seller.
The writer, on the other hand, may produce work which the market is not keen on - they being artists not purveyors of produce. Or they may produce good work, but find the 'market' (they being editors, in the main) just acquired similar work.
Then there's the question of money paid for work accepted. This has never worked in favour of the many, only ever the few.
That being said the over all value to writers has decreased over recent decades. This is because more writers are able to present work. An increase in supply decreases the amount paid to acquire. Economics 101.
While there are still structural issues which favor caucasian, male, english writing authors, there is also a huge 'market' of authors for editors to choose from.
If I run a supermarket for oranges and there are 2 sellers offering I likely get to choose between price and quality. If there are 200 sellers then only quality matters because someone will accept the lowest price I can pay (which is dictated by how many oranges I can sell to my customers).
If I can sell at only 15p per orange, I cant afford to pay 18p to purchase them no matter the quality.
As a writer I want to earn £££££, but I understand the sheer number of available authors means there will always be someone who is either more skilfull, or willing to accept less in renumeration for their efforts.
There is no point that as ever been clear and bold as this one, you nailed it right at the spot.
This point you stated is really true and it happens all the time, people go for less expensive things and there are people willing to give even less more expensive not thinking of their efforts crating that project, and I guess there is a reason for that as well in Which you somehow stated too.
What a crazy world right?
You said it yourself. Every job is unique and important as the other. However, we have very low percentage of people who are interested in reading, part of the reason why writers doesn't get that much appreciation. Arguably, people can say they already watched from the tv that which you claim to have written but what they do forget is that documentation and history that is being preserved. What am saying is, effort should be rewarded and this is not narrowed to a particular kind of job. Most times rewards boost confidence and drive people to get better.
You have said it all, I just hope things get better, or it's not possible? Too late?
AI is taking over?
In our society today, there are various institutions that all have their parts in the stability of the society. Like the woman who sells on the street, she has her part to play which is respected and given attention. These various institutions are appreciate d for their effort but not all are given in full.
But the truth is that writers or should I say the journalist are not given proper gratitude and recognition for their effort in the society. Some persons don't even want to read articles anymore. The work of a writer is to enlighten and open your mind to new knowledge and inventions but this efforts are neglected and given to different institutions who doesn't worth it.
Knowledge they say is power but in our present society, those who provide that knowledge are not recognized. Writers are researchers who are ready to go extra miles to collect and analysis data into information for our own use. Everyone needs the information a writer brings in every aspect of the other institutions.
Every job is important I'll say but writers need more recognition and attention.
I'm glad you could see reasons with me @barryjennifer , I just hope one day we will not wake up to seeing AI taking over this space!
Writing Isa good one and all Jobs are very unique in their own but in this world sometimes it's not that in which we expect is what we usually see but in all taking things as we sees them is the very Best.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful piece 💝
I can fully relate to what you said, what can't we do about it? Nothing!
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Indeed 🙏 😊 nothing can be done 👍 but improving in our parts to change there views would be good 😊
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When discussing labor you would need to discuss return on investment. The reality is that a lot of people don't like reading or better yet, rather consume other mediums like TV or even radio. Not that this mediums don't need writers, but this put other salaries between the writer and the consumer.
The next point is more precise, supply and demand. With the internet and the rise of blogs and social media, writing became a very crammed space. Between the journalist, bloggers or twitters. Most of the supply for written material is too abundant to retain the same value.
Most people will read crappy writing thinking is great and viceversa. In any case the value has shifted away from the quality of the writing. And the attention it deserves. So the value will need to be splitted or shared across the ecosystem making it less valuable.
This is so much True, the demand indeed is really poor now, I can bet you are 100% right when you said people don't like reading much.
In this case, what do we do as writers? I'm just so curious!
Go into different fields. Learn code, so much demand for writing code. I'm sure there are lots of things that has a lot of demand and the few that satisfy them are drowning in money.
I'm currently taking python programming course, and I'm so excited how it's going!
I started two days ago, and I will be dropping my second post about my program.
Thanks so much @jza 🤍
Calls for a valid argument but one thing I know in life is that no job is superior to another.... All is relevant and should be valued equally
Perfect, it is well started boldly.
Thanks so much for your support 🤍
Really that writing process is quite arduous and i understand when that process seems to be underappreciated. I can only speak from my point of view in Hive, because outside of here i only got to write for school and for myself. You can tell you, the content gets to those it needs to get to.
I also know that it hurts when you feel that you are not valued as you would like to be. I can only say that you have to move on and forget about being valued. My goal in my posts is to overcome the 2 Hive, because if it is not fulfilled it will not bother me so much. You have to see yourself as an ant or a bee and keep contributing to the ecosystem, Hive depends on us to keep growing.
From the point of view of a more formal writer who writes for well-known websites or blogs, newspapers, magazines or books. I guess they will tell you that this path is also very difficult, you have to reach the right eyes and for that to happen it can take a long time, but you have to keep going. I leave you with this article about a tweet where a writer laments because only a couple of people showed up when she presented her book.
From the Washington Post
Another consideration you may have is that writing can be your world, but you can also work on other things to solve that problem where i agree with you that the vast majority of writers are not well rewarded, which i guess this also depends on marketing, creativity, tastes, fashion and interest of users. This can also help a lot with inspiration.
I'm really glad to receive your kind comment, you have said it all and it's cool getting these points from you.
The purpose for this topic was not hive based, I wasn't even thinking of hive while writing this post, I was thinking of all aspects of writing, it doesn't matter where or how little, but in the world we live in now, everything is being define so it's cool knowing that some few person still care when It comes to writters.
I just hope that we don't see AI taking over everything single thing Including this,
OR
is it better?
So we don't complain again?
That topic of AI's is quite complex, i believe that if one were to design one that could write the best books we could imagine, i mean one that could interact with our feelings as it wished, it would be the one that would almost displace us as the superior species of this world or we would be highly manipulable by its architects. It would be interesting to read a book by such a machine and very sad because man is no longer the only one who can invent a story out of nothing.
Writers would have to compete with that machine for a while, but they would be surpassed without a doubt. Already something similar, some Japanese doctors predict in a documentary I saw some time ago, where an AI was able to detect and diagnose a person's disease in a matter of minutes, and because of the type of disease, it was something that could have taken several weeks for the best specialist. Many of them accept the end of their profession with the advent of more and better AIs.
This is awesome!
Wow!
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