The Number One Mistake I See Most Aspiring and Beginner Writers Make

A boring secret to put your views and earnings on steroids

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Close to 2 million views and 11 constant top writer tags have taught me a f*ck ton about blogging.

But I’m not usually a fan of doling out writing advice — that’s because:

1. Hundreds of other successful writers have bared the very skeletons of their writing success.
2. In search of the mythical “secret sauce”, most beginner writers ignore the boring writing advice that actually works.

But there’s one question I hear so often, which causes a mistake I wince at so frequently that I need to address it.

Dear reader and aspiring writer, chew on this one tip seriously.

I’ll bet my life your writing success will explode.

The Only Metric that Matters — and You Can Control

Output.

Views, earnings, responses, traction, curation, algorithms, editors, publications — none of them lie in your direct control.

So, as a writer, the number one thing you have to focus on is — writing. How frequently are you writing? And how much are you writing?