by MrSteve51 on Sun Dec 27, 2020 12:38 am
I understand your frustration. I tell people I'm a writer but I've made more money in the last few months by doing data inputting for a friend a couple of hours a week than I have from writing. On the other hand, this week I sold an article that I wrote over two years ago and which I assumed was a lost cause, which has definitely helped my motivation.
Whether you quit is up to you, but my feeling is that it's not only about making money (only a tiny proportion of writers are financially successful) but also how you think of yourself. I like believing I'm a writer, and if that means I've got to sit and hit the keys on this hateful laptop until some kind of narrative grudgingly emerges, then so be it.