I started writing online daily more than 630 days ago. These are the things I wish I knew at the beginning.
1. You can start with a question instead of an answer Sometimes I write because I already know what I think. Sometimes I write because I'm trying to understand it.
2. Practice teachers you to think in ideas. At the beginning I often thought "What can I post about? I have nothing to say. And who are going to read it?" Now I ca nnotice an idea in a call, a book, or a random though while walking. It is probably just practice.
3. Capture ideas wherever they appear. I don't wait for an evening writing session. Most ideas come while walking, reading, after calls, or in random notes. I guess at least half of mine come from books, so I try to capture them immediatly.
4. Give some posts time to live in your head. Not every idea needs to be drafted and published immediately. Some become clearer after you carry them around for a while. This article is a good example. Some ideas here were in my backlog for 1-2 months. A few I deleted. A few I understood one year ago. A few beccame better because I added something new later.
5. Not sure you can choose a niche before writing anything. I would start with 2-3 topics you already think about a lot and see what is still interesting after 20-30 ideas
I started writing online daily more than 630 days ago. These are the things I wish I knew at the beginning.
1. You can start with a question instead of an answer
Sometimes I write because I already know what I think. Sometimes I write because I'm trying to understand it.
2. Practice teachers you to think in ideas.
At the beginning I often thought "What can I post about? I have nothing to say. And who are going to read it?" Now I ca nnotice an idea in a call, a book, or a random though while walking. It is probably just practice.
3. Capture ideas wherever they appear.
I don't wait for an evening writing session. Most ideas come while walking, reading, after calls, or in random notes. I guess at least half of mine come from books, so I try to capture them immediatly.
4. Give some posts time to live in your head.
Not every idea needs to be drafted and published immediately. Some become clearer after you carry them around for a while. This article is a good example. Some ideas here were in my backlog for 1-2 months. A few I deleted. A few I understood one year ago. A few beccame better because I added something new later.
5. Not sure you can choose a niche before writing anything.
I would start with 2-3 topics you already think about a lot and see what is still interesting after 20-30 ideas