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I’ve Been Writing Daily For Seven Years: Here’s How I Never Run Out of Ideas
My entire bag of tricks
Aspiring writers act as if I came out of the womb knowing how to write well.
I worked my ass off for seven years.
And 99 percent of the people who read this won’t do what it takes to become good writers. It’s just the truth.
If this intro didn’t scare you off, keep reading.
Let’s take a look at some of my favorites.
The Idea Machine Technique
I stole from James Altucher and I’ve mentioned it in several dozen blog posts at this point. It’s worth repeating because it works.
The crazy thing? So many writers will tell me they love this technique but they won’t use it — even some of the students in my blogging course.
*Facepalm*
Here’s how the idea machine technique works. Write down ten ideas for blog post headlines every day.
To this day, only two or three of the headline ideas are good. Only one in a handful of sessions are great.
A few have become the seeds for legendary viral posts that built my career. But I never knew when the greatest ideas would come. I just worked at them every…