There are two ways you can go about blogging about life. You can write about your life. Or, you can write about the lives of other people. There’s a right and wrong way to do both. Well, they’re not right or wrong, but there are approaches for each style that tend to work and tend […]
Most people take a stab at amateur blogging with the hopes of turning it into a full-time writing career. 99 percent of the people who try amateur blogging never ‘turn pro’ and create something that can actually become a business. Instead, they flail around and write their little hearts out for a bit and eventually […]
Some of these blogger books talk directly about what it takes to build a successful blog. Others on the list give you the motivation and inspiration you need to stay the course in your writing career. All of the books are packed with wisdom and will help you thrive if you follow through with the […]
I’ve been here longer than pretty much every other writer on the platform. I’ve seen all the changes. I was here before the clap feature: you used to be only to tap the ‘heart’ button once. I was here pre-partner program. That’s right. I wrote articles on Medium, gasp, for free. I used Medium to […]
Most beginner writers kill the chances of their article’s success before they pen a single word. If you get the headline wrong, your article is toast. Many writers treat headlines like an afterthought when they are the most important piece of your blog posts. No one clicks, no one reads. “But I don’t want to […]
I’m not trying to pimp the dream of creating content for a living. Is it as awesome as you think it is? Yes. But that doesn’t mean you should do it. Can you make a lot of money creating content? Um, hell yeah. But you probably won’t. Do you have what it takes to make […]
Writing techniques don’t make you a better writer. A bunch of writers preach writing techniques as if their secret formula will cause you to have massive writing success. Building a successful writing career involves a ton of variables. One of them is pure luck. Just the way life goes. But there are writing techniques that […]
Writing listicles makes you a hack. If you resort to them, you’re not a real writer. That’s what some writers say. They’ll look down on you for your lack of artistic integrity. You know what I think? Screw those people. I can write better than 90 percent of those pretentious snobs. I can teach you […]
If you want to learn how to write about yourself, you have to first understand that about 99 percent of the time, writing about yourself is done in a misguided way that will cause no one to want to read your work. Let me explain… I’ve talked with many an aspiring writer in my short […]
“How to write well.” That’s a bit of a loaded phrase, eh? Who’s to say what makes great writing? You have many different styles, genres, and voices. Do they have a common element? Can you learn how to write well regardless of how much natural talent you have? Is writing something anybody can do? All […]
