I know how you feel.

Actually, you've written a great article and an excellent headline.

Okay, let's break down the problems into two sections:

1.) Writing:

As always, picture yourself in the reader's shoes.

If you had to read something without any incentives (let's say you made zero dollars from it), what kind of article would you read?

If you can answer that question, try to write something like that.

For me, I enjoy reading articles that help me solve my life problems.

Yup, one of my life problems is that my writing is a sh*t, which is why I write about writing.

But I know people have different interests. Just make sure your topics reach a broad audience, not too niche, because if you dig too deep into a niche, it's hard to grow.

2.) Engagement:

Good news: you're doing well. The fact that a lot of people comment on your work is a great sign.

I’m drowning in comments too. So I reply to comments that:

1.) Are worth my time to answer

2.) Add value

As for reading back, I think writing is a long-term game.

I only read back writers who write something easy to reply to.

I read back writers whose work I enjoy.

Because, in relationships, quality matters.

But engagement shouldn’t be your main priority because it's an unleveraged task.

Last month, I only did 30 comments + replies daily.

But you can't do zero because social media values engagement. You need to do at least enough for the algorithms to know you're a great user.

I think it's a bit long—maybe I should rewrite this into an article.