Is There Something Valuable Offered to the World in my Writing?

I believe that my writing offers something valuable on various levels.

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The things that we do all have value to someone.

Sometimes they value only ourselves. Frequently, that which we do is something valuable to others.

But knowing our individual worth can be super challenging. And that can translate to devaluing and undervaluing ourselves and all that we have to offer.

This is, in my experience, especially true for artists. Because so many people see the arts as a hobby or extracurricular, they don’t put a proper value on it.

What’s more, in the process of becoming a known commodity we’re expected to work for little or nothing or donate work to build our reputations.

But there comes a time when you need to accept that what you do is something valuable. And charging for your work is neither dirty nor inappropriate.

Doing any art for free is frustrating

I’ve written about this before. Several years ago, I had a great writing opportunity. A local magazine published articles I wrote — which got me exposure. When one of those articles was the feature cover story, after that I asked to be paid…