How to Start Writing Online: The Ship 30 for 30 Ultimate Guide

You are giving people a fundamentally different understanding of who you are, how you think, and how you became "you," from the very beginning. The more people who know things about you (to whatever degree you feel comfortable sharing), the more opportunities will come your way. The more people will say, "Wow, I didn't know you did that type or wor... See more

As a rule of thumb: the more general the topic is, the harder it will be to see all the potential combinations for things to write about. Conversely (and maybe counterintuitively), the more specific or niche the topic is, the easier it will be for you to see all the potential combinations for things to write about. 

Every single piece of writing, in some way or another, is answering a question for the reader. That's why they clicked in the first place—"I want to know the answer."

The Endless Idea Generator works best with specificity.

The reason writers experience Imposter Syndrome is because we are taught that writing is all about "fitting in" where readers already are. It's about becoming a "better" writer than the next person—which is what leads to the feeling of being an imposter. We don't believe this is a productive path forward for writers, and instead, we are going to sh... See more

Before readers click and read anything on the Internet, they need to know the answer to 3 very important questions:

For example, anytime you find yourself writing a paragraph that is "listing" things out, it's worth questioning whether that paragraph can be re-formatting in the form of a bulleted list. "The first thing you want to do when writing online is prep the page. Then, once you've prepped the page, see where you can turn long paragraphs into short bullet... See more

The idea here isn't to write about one topic, one time. The idea is to take whatever you want to write about and write about it over and over again using different frameworks: you should write about it through an actionable lens, an analytical lens, an aspirational lens, and an anthropological lens (because each piece will yield a different result)... See more

Every time you write and publish one of those stories or insights online, what you're really doing is "scaling yourself."

How do you build confidence in yourself as a writer? You write. It's so simple that it's complicated. The reason why writers struggle with self-confidence at the beginning of their journey is because they are still sitting on the dock, waiting, imagining. They haven't yet confronted the brutal reality that, once they begin, they probably aren't goi... See more