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I reached 19,000 followers last week.As a way of saying thanks, here are 19 UNUSUAL TIPS TO HELP YOU BECOME A BETTER WRITER.
Warning: There no shortcuts here but if you're willing to put in the work, these tips will improve your writing.[THREAD]
1) Be a student of human nature
You are writing to a human audience.
Therefore if you want your reading to resonate, you need to understand who you're writing for.
Every good writer I know is a keen observer of human nature for this reason.
You are writing to a human audience.
Therefore if you want your reading to resonate, you need to understand who you're writing for.
Every good writer I know is a keen observer of human nature for this reason.
2) Drink more water
If you're dehydrated, your brain won't flow.
Most of the "brain fog" and "writer's block" you feel is very likely because you are dehydrated.
Always keep a big bottle of water with you.
If you're dehydrated, your brain won't flow.
Most of the "brain fog" and "writer's block" you feel is very likely because you are dehydrated.
Always keep a big bottle of water with you.
3) Work out
Working out isn't just about getting into incredible shape.
It's also about giving your brain a rest.
Writing is mentally exhausting.
So if you're doing it daily (as you should be) you need to rest your brain by getting into your body.
Working out isn't just about getting into incredible shape.
It's also about giving your brain a rest.
Writing is mentally exhausting.
So if you're doing it daily (as you should be) you need to rest your brain by getting into your body.
4) Be honest
It's better to be brutally honest and risk being offensive than polite and guarantee boredom.
For a good example of honest writing, read Post Office and Women by Charles Bukowski.
It's better to be brutally honest and risk being offensive than polite and guarantee boredom.
For a good example of honest writing, read Post Office and Women by Charles Bukowski.
5) Don't worry about what people think
All of my best tweets have come when I shot from the hip and didn't care about the backlash.
All of my worst tweets have come when I wrote them to get engagement.
All of my best tweets have come when I shot from the hip and didn't care about the backlash.
All of my worst tweets have come when I wrote them to get engagement.
6) Go for long walks
Your brain thinks its best thoughts when you're moving.
If you feel stuck for ideas, go for a long walk (preferably around nature).
The physical act of walking will get the motor moving in your brain and produce lots of random ideas.
Your brain thinks its best thoughts when you're moving.
If you feel stuck for ideas, go for a long walk (preferably around nature).
The physical act of walking will get the motor moving in your brain and produce lots of random ideas.
7) Carry a notebook with you everywhere.
As you walk and get ideas, WRITE THEM DOWN!
If you wonder why you never have any good ideas, it's because you didn't write them down you plum!
Your mind has a powerful CPU but a shitty memory.
As you walk and get ideas, WRITE THEM DOWN!
If you wonder why you never have any good ideas, it's because you didn't write them down you plum!
Your mind has a powerful CPU but a shitty memory.
8) Get off your phone
We live in an environment where we rely on our phones for everything.
In the process, we've outsourced our ability to think to our phones.
This leads to mental atrophy which is destructive for your writing skill as writing IS a form of thinking.
We live in an environment where we rely on our phones for everything.
In the process, we've outsourced our ability to think to our phones.
This leads to mental atrophy which is destructive for your writing skill as writing IS a form of thinking.
9) Sleep better
Writing is exhausting.
Writing a big project is like running a marathon for your mind.
If you're not getting 7-8 hours of quality sleep per night, you're not giving your brain the rest it needs to write your next marathon.
Writing is exhausting.
Writing a big project is like running a marathon for your mind.
If you're not getting 7-8 hours of quality sleep per night, you're not giving your brain the rest it needs to write your next marathon.
10) Coffee
Caffeine is the writer's drug of choice.
I drink 2-3 cups per day.
Black, no sugar.
No caffeine, no creativity.
Caffeine is the writer's drug of choice.
I drink 2-3 cups per day.
Black, no sugar.
No caffeine, no creativity.
11) Writing means you have something to say
The whole point of writing is to say what's on your mind in print.
A good writer finds the best way to say it.
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The whole point of writing is to say what's on your mind in print.
A good writer finds the best way to say it.
If you struggle with this, get @JoshuaLisec's system through my affiliate link
https://bit.ly/3ffPOj7
12) Read a lot
You can't be a great writer if you don't read.
I always knew I was going to be a writer because as a child I was drawn to books.
Before the internet, I spent most of my time reading books.
You can't be a great writer if you don't read.
I always knew I was going to be a writer because as a child I was drawn to books.
Before the internet, I spent most of my time reading books.
13) Read books that stimulate your curiosity
Stop following reading lists.
Just listen to your curiosity.
Who cares if the book is obscure and not a NY times bestseller.
You don't need permission to read.
Read what you love.
Feed your brain.
Stop following reading lists.
Just listen to your curiosity.
Who cares if the book is obscure and not a NY times bestseller.
You don't need permission to read.
Read what you love.
Feed your brain.
14) Write a lot
I have archives of short stories and essays I'll never publish on my Google Drive.
I've published really bad stories on Amazon (no I won't divulge my pen name)
I didn't make any money, but I learned how to put two words together.
I have archives of short stories and essays I'll never publish on my Google Drive.
I've published really bad stories on Amazon (no I won't divulge my pen name)
I didn't make any money, but I learned how to put two words together.
15) Rewrite the first sentence 20+ times
In the words of direct response legend Joe Sugarman, your first sentence should send your reader down "a slippery slope."
People have short attention spans.
If the first sentence doesn't grab the reader, he's not reading on.
In the words of direct response legend Joe Sugarman, your first sentence should send your reader down "a slippery slope."
People have short attention spans.
If the first sentence doesn't grab the reader, he's not reading on.
16) Steal
I don't mean word for word.
But if you know a certain topic gets attention, don't be afraid to use it in the headline.
These days anything with "Donald Trump" in the headline will likely get some attention.
I don't mean word for word.
But if you know a certain topic gets attention, don't be afraid to use it in the headline.
These days anything with "Donald Trump" in the headline will likely get some attention.
17) Learn persuasion and hypnotism
Good writing is persuasive. Great writing is hypnotic.
Chances are you're writing to build an audience or to sell something to someone.
If you want a deep dive on this, my course on hypnotic content will help you https://bit.ly/2FmJpFm
Good writing is persuasive. Great writing is hypnotic.
Chances are you're writing to build an audience or to sell something to someone.
If you want a deep dive on this, my course on hypnotic content will help you https://bit.ly/2FmJpFm
18) Take a break
Writing is a two part process.
First you write the draft.
Then you come back and edit the crap out of it.
But between the two, make sure you take a break so your brain is refreshed and ready for part two (see points #3 & #6)
Writing is a two part process.
First you write the draft.
Then you come back and edit the crap out of it.
But between the two, make sure you take a break so your brain is refreshed and ready for part two (see points #3 & #6)
19) Love to write
Writing is a painful process but if I'm not writing, I feel even worse.
Just like exercise, it's always painful but it's also extremely rewarding.
I've learned to fall in love with the pain and so should you.
Writing is a painful process but if I'm not writing, I feel even worse.
Just like exercise, it's always painful but it's also extremely rewarding.
I've learned to fall in love with the pain and so should you.
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