# How (And Why) I Write Newsletters That Don’t Pay the Bills ![[Assets/749d415fe96292a6a0565d539257538a_MD5.jpg]] ## Metadata - Author: [[Curtis McHale]] - Full Title: How (And Why) I Write Newsletters That Don’t Pay the Bills - Category: #articles - URL: https://www.inoreader.com/article/3a9c6e77e1155d87-how-and-why-i-write-newsletters-that-dont-pay-the-bills ## Highlights - People love software reviews because they think that some tool will magically fix their broken system. A new task manager feels awesome because you finally say no to all the shit you were never going to do anyway. A new note tool feels great because you only have a few notes and no clutter. - So Steve, if you want to start sharing content the best thing to think about is, what if you spend 16 years writing 3600 posts and only have a few thousand dollars a year to show for it2? Because that’s possibly what’s in your future unless you take the hard sell tactics of others that you don’t like. It’s where I’m at. - I write because I have thoughts and need to get them out. I don’t do it for the money, I do it for me. I do it for the 3 – 4 emails I get a month from someone who says I helped them have some breakthrough in their notes/reading/writing and sometimes in their life. None of these people have paid me and almost none of them ever will give me a penny, but that email does make me feel like me working out my meandering thoughts for others to read brings some value into the world. - Are they worth it creatively?Hell yes. Writing well is not a genetic gift, it’s a skill that you have to hone1. Having a weekly schedule to hit for writing means that I dedicate time to writing and thinking every week to make sure that I have something worthwhile to write about. It means that I read books with a mind to find insights I can share and connect to other things I’ve read.Needing to produce something regularly helps my learning practice.