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I’ve been writing on Quora for the past couple of years, and it just seems like a grind to keep on doing it.

I’m not enjoying it much, and I think it’s for several reasons.

1. I have to always write an answer to a question that might get views but one that I don’t necessarily care about.

2. I’m a pawn to the algorithm, and I don’t know what metrics this algorithm works from; it could be actually hiding me from my audience.

3. If something happens to Quora, my audience will vanish.

So I’m going to start blogging more on my website/ newsletter, and hopefully it will result in better and more authentic content.

I used to give myself a word count of 300 words to hit every day, but now I’ll write however many words I feel like writing. I’m not just going to try and write filler for the sake of it like I used to.

So I’ll try and keep this habit up every day and see how it goes.

Because I do love writing, but I want to write on my terms, not on Quora’s terms or anyone else’s for that matter. 

Because that’s what all the great writers do. 

Write on their terms.

And I’ll probably piss a few people off in the process. 

Which I’m not bothered about because the worst thing that can happen to a writer is to be ignored.