Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It
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Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It
- "You are writing for yourself. Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience— every reader is a different person. Don’t try to guess what sort of thing editors want to publish or what you think the country is in a mood to read. Editors and readers don’t know what they want to read until they read it. Besides, they’re alw... See more
from On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser
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People don’t want what you make They want what it will do for them
from This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To… by Seth Godin
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Great, great question. In the world of writing, everyone wants to succeed immediately and without pain or effort. Really? Or they love to write books about how to write books, rather than actually writing . . . a book that might actually be about something. Bad advice is everywhere. Build a following. Establish a platform. Learn how to scam the sys
... See morefrom Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss
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Often it's something we've been avoiding for years, something we would never willingly face unless overwhelming events compelled us to.
from Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield
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