Finding Your Rhythm in Your Writing

It doesn’t matter if you’re dealing with the posts hitting your social media feed or classic authors like Hemingway — everybody’s got their own voice that helps them stand out. Broadly, your voice in your writing is how your personality comes across in your content. But you can also identify voice by asking, “How does…

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Books Are More Than Loss Leads

Do you see it, too? More and more experts, all recommending writing books as loss leads. The basic idea comes from the reality that most books don’t make a ton of money. Many authors only make a few hundred dollars, if anything at all, as they’re often recouping the cost of marketing, editing, and other…

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Lack of Immediate Recognition Doesn’t Mean No Value

Over the past year (and especially over the past several months), I’ve been seriously questioning how to move forward with my writing career: Do I stick with social media, or focus on books? Posting online has led to a modest growth in followers. I love the variety it allows in my writing. And the query…

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How to Make Your Writing Sound More Conversational

If writers want to do anything, it’s to connect with and intimately engage their readers. They want to give people the gifts of escapism, inspiration, or education and make them feel deep things. So, why do so many writers fail to achieve that goal? One word. Conversationality. What is conversationality? Conversationality means that whatever you’re…

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