Great post. You have inspired me to share some tips of my own.

One of the key parts I think is the entitlement that all writers share to one degree or another - the idea that because I put in some work then it should be valued appropriately.

Unfortunately, some of my most popular pieces had the least effort put into them and I wrote with ZERO expectations that anyone would read them. The converse is also true that some of my hardest to write, tailored to an audience's needs content has gotten the least attention.