Looking through drafts is a great way to observe your growth as a writer. Many time you come across things your current self would never write and so you press delete. Other times you come across good ideas that are poorly written out and you then have the option to just delete them and start … Continue reading A writers growth
Tag: Writing
Writing for the moment
I recently realised that I enjoy writing about current events. One of my most read posts is about Instagram guides, I think I published it a day after guides became available to everyone, it was a hot topic. If I'd written the post a few days or even weeks later it would have no longer … Continue reading Writing for the moment
On finally becoming a writer
I've always held writing to a high esteem, to such a high esteem that I always considered it to be out of my reach. It's undeniable that in the 9+ years I've been sharing my writing online, I've improved quite a lot. Yet, I always told myself that I could never be a proper writer. … Continue reading On finally becoming a writer
1 simple way to make daily blogging easier
Write more than one post a day. Even if only one of them is worth publishing and the other one, two or 5 are just a few phrases. Writing and sharing something everyday becomes easier the more you write. And on the days when coming up with something from scratch doesn't feel easy you can … Continue reading 1 simple way to make daily blogging easier
Who are my readers?
I recently listened to an episode of Akimbo where a listener asked Seth about who he thought his audience was. Seth's answer was pretty wonderful. It got me thinking about my own audience, my readers, people like you. For me it's never been about appealing to a particular demographic, age, race, social class, etc. I've … Continue reading Who are my readers?
When your readers hate your best ideas
If often goes that the pieces you put the most effort into, spent the most time writing and generally are the ones you put the most heart into are the least popular. Turns out sometimes your reader won't be as enamored with the work that you consider to be your best, in fact they may … Continue reading When your readers hate your best ideas
You are the gatekeeper
I often wonder what I would have done if I was a twenty something year old in the 90s or even 80s. Would I still write? Maybe I'd have written articles for a magazine or newspaper and I'd have tried to make a career out of writing. Maybe I wouldn't have tried to put my … Continue reading You are the gatekeeper
When can I call myself a writer?
As someone that has never written for a publication or written a book, I have a hard time calling myself a writer. I've always thought that having my words published in a newspaper, magazine, website or a book etc. would be the validation that I need to claim the label of writer, yet they are … Continue reading When can I call myself a writer?
Commitment to the writing practise
My favourite thing about this blog is that I'm driven by my commitment to writing more than anything else. If I write something that gets 1 view, I'm just glad that I committed to writing something another day. If I write something that gets 102 views, I'm glad that a bigger number of people got … Continue reading Commitment to the writing practise
Out of office
It's getting to that time of year when the Out of office goes on with an automatic reply that goes something like: ' Hi, I am currently on leave until 4th January and will respond upon my return. If urgent please contact name@company.com in my absence.' However, for daily blogging there is no break or … Continue reading Out of office
The Daily Gemm 