Let go of your misconceptions, or your creativity will never breathe. When someone identifies themselves as creative, or tells you that their biggest strength is their creativity, you instantly feel a certain level of respect for them. They’re creative! They take the world and everything in it and have the ability to turn it into something new, wonderful and incredible. We have been hard-wired to believe that people who are creative are better than other people who aren’t.

Travel to Norway and one thing strikes you right away: The country is really small. At about 5 million, its population is the size of Alabama’s. So selling a half-million copies of erudite books there, as Karl Ove Knausgaard has, is even more remarkable than it sounds. This is a tough one to fact-check, but I would estimate that on a per capita basis, his autobiographical series, My Struggle, has already sold about as well in Norway as The Great Gatsby has sold in America all time.

Repetition is an inevitable part of creation.

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Most people came here to write. Most also hope to grow a readership. No one publishes something in the hope that no one ever reads it. But there is something being lost in the process. It’s because “experts” tell you to give 50 claps and leave quick comments, but if those things are not done with respect and care, they aren’t worth jack sh*t. To build an audience, you have to be part of one.

Being an artist, being a creative, being an entrepreneur, it’s about fighting with yourself to keep playing the game when it all feels hopeless.It’s about making one more gamble, and every time, setting your sights on a win, instead of leaving the table.

Writing for the past two years, I’ve learned a great deal about the craft. I’ve been lucky enough to have a mentor who has given me valuable advice like, “Read every day, write in public, read what you write aloud, practice consistently.” But the single-best piece of advice I’ve ever been given as a writer came from one of the greatest writers of our generation, Stephen King, and is something I need to constantly remind myself of.

 Facing the fear of criticism – and criticism itself – terrified me. You may be struggling terribly with your blog because you are held captive by this same terror, this same fear, and play small. I struggled horribly for many years online because I feared facing criticism, so I played small, stayed in my cyber cave, and failed.

I am a writer. On any given day, I write somewhere in the ballpark of 10,000 words — and the genres are all over the board. I have a journal for poetry and quick ideas that I keep with me at all times, in my backpack. I aim to write an answer on Quora every day. I write here on Inc Magazine five times a week. When time permits, I will microblog on Instagram. I have a number of book projects in the works. And I am the Founder and Editor in Chief of a ghostwriting + influence agency called Digital Press. I am not exaggerating when I say I spend close to eight hours per day writing. Just writing.

I get it. There’s never enough hours in the day. Juggling work, friends, family, exercise, time off, Stranger Things is tough.

This is a story about two roads — Should and Must. It’s a pep talk for anyone who’s chosen Should for far too long 

Science is messy, full of plot twists and competing interpretations—and the way we talk about it should reflect that truth

Obviously, there needs to be a standard. But do we really want to leave it to science?

Remembering the writer’s contributions to the English language, which went far beyond the most obvious catchphrases that he popularized

Mr. Roth won almost all the major literary awards and published an exceptional sequence of historical novels in his 60s, an age when many writers are winding down.

Useful, well-crafted, fascinating content gets us into the game. But once we're there, we still need to help our audiences find it.

I stopped writing for a long time because I focused on perfection. Instead of filling an empty page with content. I filled it with my frustration. I had already written a novel. So far my first and only book. Every time I tried to write something else I would get stuck. I stopped because of pretension and ego. I made rules I thought I should follow before I could write with confidence.

“Substitute “Damn” every time you’re inclined to write “Very”. Your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” ~Mark Twain

To get better, focus on the basics.

I love that Charles Barkley commercial where he tells people, “I am not a role model.” What a freaking awesome spot. It got me thinking about an announcement I wanted to make.. I am not a writer, and neither are you. *Drops mic*

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This isn’t clickbait. This is actually how I feel. I know I’m pretty good at blogging, but what about writing? What about the traditional rules of grammar/syntax. What about proofreading? What about outlining my “points” and making sure those points align with my thesis?

Warning: This is not for the faint at heart. However, this is how I write blog posts that get an average of 500+ shares and thousands of pageviews every time.

Every artist can relate. Very few of us got into this business because we wanted to have to manage social media accounts or approve an advertising campaign. Writers became writers because they wanted to write. Actors want to act — not spend two weeks on a grueling press tour. The founder wants to be working on their product, not polishing blog posts for some content marketing side hustle.

Content Over Clickbait.

In many, many sources I’ve seen advice along these lines: Don’t overthink, you don’t have to take longer than 1 hour to write a blog post. Just post it! Some advice givers will even say that it’s the norm today. One of the bloggers I follow claims to have written most of her blog posts within 1 hour and … on the phone.

I spent a few summers as a bartender-in-training at a local restaurant. One afternoon, sometime around the 4th of July, an older man came and sat at the bar alone. I hadn’t had many conversations with customers besides the usual small-talk as I was only a trainee — most of my work was cutting limes and bussing dishes — but my colleague at the time was occupied. “Afternoon sir. What can I get for you today?” I said. He said to me something I will never forget...

I’m trying to make consistency a habit. But DAMN—consistency is tough.

You know you want to write, but your energy levels are low.

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or relatively new writers like myself, the excitement and enthusiasm for writing can quickly change from ecstasy and intense delight to pure drab nonsense. At a point, you may begin to ask yourself, “is this even worth it?” or, “why am I fooling myself on the internet and social media?” If you are feeling that way, you are not alone.

When I was a little kid, I fell in love with a book and read it so many times that I nearly memorized the first page. Here’s the book’s opening line: "Where’s Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. Do you know what book it’s from? It’s the first sentence of the children’s classic Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White. Now go back and read that opening line again. It really grabs your attention, doesn’t it?

There are always times that you spend hours on an article and when you finally release it to the public, you get crickets. No one is reading your work and this can be extremely discouraging when you’ve been working so hard to be a writer.

April 1 of last year was my last day of my full time job. I decided to take a plunge and do a combination of freelance development and blogging. My hope was that between the two, I could keep myself busy and profitable. Well, I have been able to keep myself busy and not make very much money in the process! LOL. I did better in 2017 than I expected on the freelance side, but my expectations were not very high and it (along with my supportive spouse and some other side income) sustained us. On the blogging side, I really didn’t expect anything and that is what I got, but that has to change soon.