Is that writing worth writing?

While using note, I think many people worry daily about whether the text they are currently writing has value to be read or not.

I, too, once thought, "I'll just write whatever I like," but eventually, the desire to "have people read it" grew stronger, and at the same time, the question, "Is this text worth reading?" began to emerge.

I want many people to read it, and for that, I must write something worth reading.

I imagine many note users feel that way.

But what exactly is text worth reading?

Because of my profession, I love numbers, and even on note, I have been keeping statistics on which articles get reactions, using view counts as one benchmark.

Some say view counts are meaningless because they just represent how many times it was displayed on a timeline, but since different articles follow completely different trends, I believe they are numbers worth analyzing to some extent.

If we assume that articles with high view counts are articles with high reading value, then the trends for articles that easily gain numbers are almost visible, so it is possible to mass-produce only "worth reading" articles that follow those trends.

But if you write articles thinking only about trends and strategies, can you really say that they are "worth reading"?

In the sense that "high view counts = there are readers," it is certainly not a mistake to judge them as having "reading value."

Then, can we conclude that reading value and view counts are in a proportional relationship?

While spinning these thoughts around, I hit upon the phrase I used for the title this time. That is,

Is that writing worth writing?

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My focus had been entirely on the value for the reader, but I realized that it is more constructive to ask whether the text I am writing right now is something worth writing for myself.

Analyzing Fujiko F Notes clarifies which articles tend to be read, while also revealing which articles are predicted not to perform well.

It is quite difficult to get motivated to write an article when you know it won't perform well, but since they are sometimes absolutely necessary when looking at the Fujiko F Notes as a whole, I just take the plunge and write them.

In other words, regardless of the view count, I judged them to be something with the value of being written.

Earlier, I raised the question: Is it okay to write articles based solely on trends and strategies?.

This means that if you judge it to be meaningful for the writer, you should confidently continue writing the same type of article, and if it has merely become a routine, you should stop.

I believe you should always properly judge whether it has value for you as the writer, or if it does not.

I apologize for using myself as an example again, but in Fujiko F Notes, I don't just write Fujiko reviews; I also write articles about "writing" like this one, and about trivial matters.

Honestly, these are not the articles expected of Fujiko F Notes, so the view counts are unlikely to grow, but I feel that by including such articles, I am able to make Fujiko F Notes something with breadth that goes beyond being a mere commentary page.

In short, I judge them to be worth writing.

It is not as simple as saying you should just write what you want to write, but if you are tired of thinking about your readers, why not try introducing the perspective of whether it has value for you as a writer?