Why You Should Start a Newsletter to Build Your Writing Platform
It’s all about little steps (and little wins!) that build your platform and community as a writer.
I’ve been writing and building my online writing platform for about eight years now. I started with writing sporadic blogs on my website, and then moved to writing for various online platforms and literary journals. It’s been a prime example of “slow and steady wins the race,” but I’m committed to my writing platform because I enjoy virtually every bit of building it!
One thing I put off for a long time, though, is starting my newsletter.
At first, I didn’t see the point of putting in the work to start. I didn’t have a large following at the time — I still only have a modest (but amazing!) following — so I didn’t see the point in essentially writing into the void. Who would join my email list? And, more importantly, why would they join my newsletter list? What would I write about? And how would I make sure that what I wrote was actually worth reading and sending out?
So I didn’t start a newsletter.
At least, not when I first heard another author or blogger mention it. I tucked away that bit of information into the back of my mind and went on my merry…
