This is entirely true! captivating and keeping readers wanting more is mostly achieved by writing from the heart. It can really be discouraging at the outset when you earn nothing or peanuts. I still remember when I used to get 0.01 max on my posts, I even left for a while. I felt like I wasn't needed here and that there's nothing I could do about it. Until I realized I had to be patient, use markdown properly to format and make my posts presentable, make quality posts which people can relate to and actually make friends by joining some discord channels. Also going on voice channels to listen into shows and make presentations. Talking about my post's when I have the opportunity has indeed been very helpful so far. I'm not far up yet, not at all. But I'm not where I used to be and I'm still putting in work to keep moving forward.