I wonder what you usually write in these notes? I can understand writers/bloggers who can just use it as their motivation tool to do their job/hobby. But for the rest of us, what would you write there every day?
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#82Does anyone else have the problem where they write a lot, but it all seems to go into the void and never produce any tangible benefit? How do I produce writing that people want to read?
Having just self-published a book that capped out at 10 sales, yes. For me, the hardest problem is even getting the word out. I’ve used a few different platforms to get my book in front of people. And by and large, the ones who start it also finish it. But even giving away content, it is surprisingly hard to connect to an audience of any size. Pick any kind of writing, and you’ll find the marketplace is incredibly cr…
3 books, 0 sales. Sure don't enjoy marketing either, but it seems like I am doing too much of it for this result :(
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#83I wonder what you usually write in these notes? I can understand writers/bloggers who can just use it as their motivation tool to do their job/hobby. But for the rest of us, what would you write there every day?
It depends! If I have energy and time I try to write fantasy stuff. If I don't have time or energy I just stream of consciousness journal, which sometimes turns into something cool, sometimes it's nonsense.
I write it usually in the afternoon or evening, so it's fun for me to think of things throughout the day or jot them down as a prompt and crank out the 500 words later in the day.
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#84> I have always been very methodical, and when my quota of work is done I break off, even in the middle of a scene. Slightly OT (but not by much): I have read somewhere that one secret to write more is to stop in the middle of something -- if fiction, in the middle of a scene, if non-fiction, in the middle of a demonstration or exposition for example. The rationale is that the brain 1/ hates starting new things and 2…
Related, I've found stopping episodes of television in the middle makes it much easier to stop bingeing. If I finish an episode there's always* a revelation that I want to go on to the next episode to resolve. But in the nadir of the middle I'm usually more satisfied and I can just turn it off.
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#85Do you have a roadmap? Or a ko.fi?
I'd love to be able to support this. I'd also love to be able to export my text.
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
Learn SEO and figure out how to find long tail, low competition keywords. Then write about those and you'll get organic traffic. I make around $20k/mo doing this. Surprised literally nobody mentioned this
I know there are thousands of guides on how to find long tail, low competition keywords but I don’t think those are written by someone making $20k/mo. If you could be kind enough, could you talk more about how do you find a niche and long tail, low competition keywords assuming I have access to necessary SEO tools.
Do you have a newsletter about long tail, low competition keywords? I could really use $20k/month simply by writing about my niche subject. Any favorite SEO tools for reaching these long tail, niche, low-competition keywords?
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#87I wrote 500 words yesterday but the calendar date is still blue... any chance you can take a look @nickagliano? The text appears when I click on the date.
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#88I wrote 500 words yesterday but the calendar date is still blue... any chance you can take a look @nickagliano? The text appears when I click on the date.
What browser are you using?
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#89Do you have a roadmap? Or a ko.fi? I'd love to be able to support this. I'd also love to be able to export my text.
Here you go!
Monthly support: https://buy.stripe.com/5kA5kn2jd8XV39m144
One time support: https://buy.stripe.com/00gaEH3nhdebfW83cd
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#90Do you have a roadmap? Or a ko.fi? I'd love to be able to support this. I'd also love to be able to export my text.
Here you go! Monthly support: https://buy.stripe.com/5kA5kn2jd8XV39m144 One time support: https://buy.stripe.com/00gaEH3nhdebfW83cd
Also text exporting is the next thing I'm working on :)