Should aspiring writers or professionals see themselves as marketers? This is a personal question that only you have to answer, not me.

Surely you can mention a thousand and one reasons why people aspire to write. It can be for pleasure, fame, money, education, to inform or entertain or whatever.

So while one writer may not be interested in making money, but rather in educating readers, another may want to make all the money in the world. There is no general rule here.

I have said it over and over again; a good writer is a wordsmith. It’s good to read anything and everything under the sun.

But, the journey to becoming a good writer comes with practice, practice, and more practice. I have said this in my previous articles.

Let’s look at the writer as a salesperson. The business side of writing, if you want to call it that. Like me, I am sure that you also need extra income. Please don’t laugh, just smile.

Yes, you sell yourself, your script, your books, your articles to the whole world as a writer.

In this modern era, people and nations are looking for specific information, solutions, ideas, values, etc., where people and nations are looking.

So writers should strive to fill the gap, provide solutions, add value, and solve problems using the writing words for their target market or audience.

I don’t know about the others, but I do know as a writer, a journalist, that making money comes with really hard work.

I have abandoned my family for computers and the internet, researching, reading, surfing, and staying up all night these days.

The truth is that my wife and daughter understand. They? God knows they do. Ho ho ho ho oh.

But am I making money? Good question, but I’ll answer it, ha ha ha ha. Seriously, writers need to start looking at the business aspects of writing, if they haven’t already. I am guilty of this.

Write, tell the whole world about it and sell your product over time. Yes, there could be an instance hit where you will make millions in local or foreign currency selling your books, scripts, articles, novels, you name it.

There is no hard and fast rule on this. For some writers, it could take hours, days, weeks, months, and years to make a breakthrough.

Social media is a credible platform for both amateur and professional writers to tell the world about their products, about themselves, their passions, knowledge, and skills.