My Writing Journey.
32 Things I Have Learned in 6 Months of Being An OnlineWriter.
About myself and writing.
They’ll help you become a better budding freelancer.
1. There’s a ton of great advice from brilliant successful writers. Not all of it is for you.
2. Your peer’s success does not mean you failed and vice versa. There are a lot of wins to be made. There’s a shit ton of money to be made.
3. There are no guidelines. You are going to have to figure out what works for you and what doesn’t.
4. Doing it on your own consistently will show you the way better than any other strategy.
5. You don’t need 1000 followers to launch your first online product.
6. You can start a newsletter with an audience of 0.
7. Free courses are a gem. Related to writing or not.
8. There are a lot of writing courses from brilliant successful writers. You don’t have to take all of them before you write your first article.
9. A writer writes and publishes or posts. A person who plans on writing is not a writer.
10. Niching down was the best decision for my writing career.
11 Once again, not every piece of advice is for you.
12. Don’t try to copy the journey of a fellow successful writer. You will terribly fail and never get back up.
13. Give it your all or don’t start.
14. Be healthy or constantly burn out and have an unsuccessful business.
15. You will feel bored more often than you feel psyched to create.
16. One day makes a difference. The compound effect.
Create on one of those days😴😔 or see the one day as insignificant and say you still got tomorrow.
17. In my opinion, you’ll definitely be really bad at your craft if you use words like very.
Do you see what’s wrong with that statement?
18. Frustration is fuel for the warriors. This is a quote by my personal favorite, Alex Mathers.
19. There’s no shortcut. You’ve got to put in the work.
20. Starting sentences with the words and & but does not make you a bad writer.
21. Nobody cares about your crisp grammar and punctuation skills if there’s no takeaway from your post, article, or tweet.
22. Socialize. It nourishes your creativity.
23. Do crazy stuff. Or you’ll run out of ideas.
24. I listen to classics sometimes when I’m writing. Find your muse.
25. Build productive habits.
26. Be creative enough to see your environment as a gold mine for content ideas.
27. Write your heart out to us or keep your day job.
28. Reinventing the wheel will leave you exhausted and broke. Forge your own path with tried and tested strategies.
29. Follow amazing creators who you can learn from.
30. Your environment has a huge impact on you. Surround yourself with people and things that uplift, energize, or motivate you.
31. Strategies built on habits will do a lot for your progress than waiting around for motivation and inspiration.
32. Upskill. Or remain irrelevant and broke. This advice is for you.
I started my newsletter, IntrovertWorld, with an audience of 1.
I wrote my first article after taking one paid local training session.
I started selling How to have a healthy relationship with your environment for $5 with a total of less than 1500 followers on all my social media accounts, Medium inclusive.
The sale is still on. Contact me via email at wambuinjuguna707@gmail.com or DM me on Twitter or LinkedIn for full access to this series of Medium unlisted articles.
What is the best writing advice you’ve ever received?
