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Advanced Writing Advice for the Modern Creator
Next-level writing is not just about consistency. It’s about better first drafts. It’s about pushing the niche boundaries. It’s about moving past the comfort of rituals. It’s about dwelling on an idea where others won’t.
22 Time-Saving Tips for the Modern Writer
What these tips really do is trim down the time you spend not writing. That way, you can focus on commas, semicolons, and surprising your audience with an antiquated adjective. Freed from slow procedures, you can finally get around to writing those ideas tucked away in the corner of your mind.
5 Ways to Write More, Faster
Whether you’re working to create the next quotable line for your feature film, or simply crafting a Seth Godin-style short post, you need to have ammunition for the days you can’t seem to get momentum.
How To Unlock the Power of Persuasion in Your Writing
I’m writing this because I want to help you. Even though I’ve been writing professionally for over 10 years, I haven’t done much writing about writing.
No, You Will Never Write That Book
If there’s anything a writer hates to hear, it’s this: “Oh, you’re a writer? I have a great idea for a book!” Nobody means any harm about this, of course. But the implication is clear — anybody can write anything if they try hard enough. After …
How to Make Money Writing
If you're anything like me, someone once told you something like this: "You never make any money writing." This comment, though well-meaning, often damns the dreams of Ernest Hemmingways and John Greens to be. It's the "any money" which …
How Make Your Writing More Interesting
The title itself almost made me throw up. Being a good researcher, though, I clicked through anyway, hoping to be wrong. I was disappointed. Yep — there is the suggestion my life was crap. Yep — there is the advice about getting up …
Forget Going Viral and Do This Instead
After walking to the stage, pumping his fist, and yelling ecstatically, Chancelor Bennett gives a nervous chuckle when he gets behind the microphone. The crowd is on edge, waiting to see what this first-time Grammy winner will say. Every musical …
The Epic 4,000-Word Guide to Differentiating Yourself as a Writer
It started when one of my friends made a surprising change. “I’m going to focus on my YouTube presence more,” he said. “I feel I’m going to be able to differentiate myself there.” Then he said: “It’s hard to differentiate yourself as …
6 Immediate Benefits I Saw When I Switched from Mailchimp to Convert Kit
First, the elephant in the room: Mailchimp is the most common selection because it is free. When I started this whole writing thing, I wanted to spend as few dollars as possible. The chimp was the choice. As my subscriber count grew, …
7 Questions Aspiring Writers Ask That Don’t Even Matter a Little Bit
The truth is, when it comes to creating a habit, our brains try and get in the way. Ironically, you will be thwarted by your mind. All these questions are simple, but ultimately meaningless. Writer's Guide: Download the list of 6 tools not …
One Exercise Which Will Change the Way You Write Forever
Okay, first I’ll give you the very simple goal of this tip: REMOVE THE BRAIN FROM THE WRITING PROCESS. Let me explain. At a job — you think about stuff. A specific problem is presented and an objective decision is made based on cost and time and …
NANOWRIMO INSPIRATION | WRITING IS WORK
Yeah, I know. It was news to me too. I got started on NaNoWrimo with big dreams. I could write a little, so writing a lot would be no problem, right? Wrong. Just like going to the gym though, you need to put in the work every day. For me, …
NANOWRIMO INSPIRATION | GO ALL IN
I was exactly where you are today. I didn’t know if I wanted to take this big of a bite. I didn’t know if I couldn’t handle it. I didn’t even know if I was a good writer. But I had a friend tell me something which changed my mind about …
NANOWRIMO INSPIRATION | RIDE THE WAVE
Here’s why some of you will fail: You will fail at NaNoWriMo because you won’t take advantage of the early momentum. You won’t write more when you could have. It’s a lot harder to make progress when the shine wears off. Instead, RIDE THE WAVE. …
NANOWRIMO INSPIRATION | MAKE THE DECISION
There is a lot of hyperbole on the Internet about NaNoWriMo. Here’s something I didn’t have to exaggerate one bit: This program completely changed my life as a writer. Although I’m not participating this year, I’m making a different kind of …