Achieving Greatness

My main motive when I started writing was to write a story that I think is cool. Not meaningful, not deep, just cool. Cool from my perspective, not cool for others. However, as I wrote more and more, I learned some aspects of writing I would have never known if I actually didn't start writing.

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After writing for quite a while, I came across posts under the topic—or similar topic—"How to be a great writer." I found this very strange, and I opened some of them. Basically, they're just a bunch of tips about writing that will make me a "great" writer. Then, when I see the background of these posts, the people who posted them have not much background in writing. Strange.

These people may want to help others, or they may be out of topics to talk about, or they may know one or two things about writing. Whatever the case maybe, instead of writing about becoming a great writer, why are they not great writers themselves? If they know the keys that great writers hold, what stops them from using it themselves? It will profit them a whole lot more anyway... These people may be great at posting things that attract the common folks, but they are definitely in my own point of view, not great writers.

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Greatness is not a key held by some people. It doesn't work like that. Greatness is a child of repetition. People think there is a shortcut to greatness because a bunch of scammers out there tell them these "how-to's" are important in achieving their dreams. Even though not all "how-to's" are scammers' products, we should know that "there are no shortcuts to a place worth going."

If I want to be a great writer, I should get a pen and mix some words, not go about the web to find keys that won't open shit, except I want to have a little knowledge about it. If not, I'll just be the person who knows what great writers do, not how to become a great writer. All I need is in me, and I waste my time searching for myself outside of me?

Watch any great person to know about greatness. They barely waste time teaching about greatness; instead they work hard to become great at what they want to be great at. They don't talk about it; they are it.
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The only true lesson I will always remember, and which happens to be my personal favorite is;