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10 Biggest Mistakes I See New Writers Make
I made them at the start of my career, and here’s how you can avoid them.
I’ve been writing for ten years and coaching writers for three of them.
I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my writing career. Some of them set me back by years and cost me opportunities worth thousands of dollars.
Today, I want to share some tips to help you inch closer to your dream of becoming a better writer. Here are ten things I wish I had said to the 20-year-old writer in me to avoid them.
Read on, and don’t forget to let me know your thoughts in the comments.
1. Writing without intent
I published for years on Quora, but without a long-term plan.
Several of my answers got viral. They gave me insane amounts of validation, but did nothing for me in terms of advancing my career or paying the bills.
People who started writing with me have now built million-dollar writing businesses, while I let the traction fade away as Quora evolved as a platform and my audience changed.
This is the biggest mistake I made: I published content without a vision or strategy.
