Having a Bad Day?

Mateja Klaric
Bullshit.IST
Published in
4 min readDec 13, 2017

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Why not kick a writer or two to make yourself feel better?

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There are many ways you can kick a writer, and it’s such fun too! Plus, writers are nothing but a bunch of over-inflated egos anyway, so they could use a lesson or two. There is nothing wrong with giving them what they deserve, and even less so if that improves your day. So here are a couple of best ways to make yourself feel better by kicking a writer:

  1. Tell them they should be happy people even care to read their work! Can you believe that some writers think they deserve some sign of appreciation for their work, and even payment? What narcissists! They are getting views and even a clap or two! Do you know how many people would kill for a fraction of such attention?! But, no, that’s not enough for these egotists! Yes, it’s true that the rest of the world gets paid for the work and many are even promoted, but why would writers expect that too? After all, aren’t we all writers? We learned how to write when we were 6, should we now all get paid for that?! It’s outrageous when you think of it!
  2. Ask them to give your business or app their posts for free! I mean, why the hell not? You’ve got to make a living, don’t you? And they write and share their blogs for free anyway, so what’s the big deal?! You have a need, you are launching this new app that has no users or anything, and you got to have content to make it alluring. Of course you are going to make money at some point, but why pay for the content? Are you crazy? The writer will get some attention, and you will make money. It’s a fair deal, everybody will walk away with something, so what’s wrong with that?
  3. Be offended and tell them they are selfish bastards if they refuse to give you their content for free! Who the hell do these writers think they are?! You need that freaking post, it would be great for your business or app, how dare this bitch ask to get paid for it?! Talk about selfishness and entitlement! You could, of course, write a post or two yourself, but who has the time for that?! Writers, on the other hand, have nothing better to do with their time anyway! I mean, it’s not like they have jobs or anything!
  4. Ask them to give you free feedback or guidance and then ignore them when they provide what you needed. Repeat as often as you can! Why would writers expect to get as much as a ‘thank you’ in return? Do you know how much time and effort would writing these two words take? Plus, you gave them the opportunity to do their good deed for the day, and that should be enough of a reward!
  5. Give them advice on writing or self-publishing you know nothing about! Of course you have never tried to write for a living, or wrote more than a post or two in you lifetime let alone self-published a book, but that doesn’t matter as long as you get a kick out of giving advice on how to do it. Besides, you are a smart and intelligent person, while we all know writers are anything but (just look at how many of them cannot make a living with their writing). So by all means, give them a piece of your mind, and make it clear that all of the troubles they are facing are the result of their own incompetence and stupidity.
  6. Tell them their books don’t sell well because they suck! This got to be my favorite, it’s just the best writer-kicker of them all, straight into the gut, LOL! And it just takes a second and no brains at all, it’s great for when you have nothing better to do. Who cares if you have no idea what kind of books they publish. Why should that even matter?!

If, however, you are crazy and weird enough to think that we, writers, deserve at least some support and reward for all the content we provide (most of it for free) then do your own good deed for the day. You can do it by things as simple as giving claps and sharing our posts, to buying our books (cheap and affordable as they are these days) or becoming our donors and patrons.

Because the truth is we really do need all the support we can get. Thank you!

Mateja started to write short stories at the age of ten and later became a freelance journalist, radio personality, and explorer of the inner worlds. Her life resembles a roller coaster ride full of ups and downs and some pretty wild turns. Among other things, her car was destroyed by tanks, and she survived several brushes with death. Mateja graduated in psychology from Arizona State University and is now a writer and transformational coach. Connect with Mateja on LinkedIn.

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