The writer’s round-up is a weekly column that provides reflection, advice, and articles relevant to the skills I want to develop as a writer: reading, writing, blogging, and marketing.
This week:
Use market research to increase your story’s marketability
Using real-time data to make your articles more appealing
The appropriate uses of free and paid content in a writing and marketing strategy.
This week:
How will you know your work is worth promoting?
Tips to streamline your editing.
Vanity metrics vs. meaningful metrics in marketing.
What good is writing that doesn’t interest the writer?
Incremental progress in word and thought—but to what end?
Practicing my brevity here. Again.
This week:
Did I find the perfect book to read? Why/why not?
Feedback on “Knightly Virtues” from my critique partner.
Playing the social media game.
I wanted to be a content creator for years, but I spent more time making excuses than brainstorming ideas for content. Here’s how I got over it.
This week:
Emotional journey: the key to a memorable story.
Make writing automatic for writing (especially blogging) success.
Differentiate yourself by addressing your audience’s hidden desires.