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Libby Shively MvAvoy's avatar

I love your honesty about yourself and appreciate these wonderful tips. Congratulations on your success!

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Prisca Dera's avatar

You are an inspiration for upcoming writers..

Like you said, you share your opinions the way it is not for anyone to like you

And I think that's how we should be.

Create your content believing there is one person that content is for..

You aren't creating content for everyone

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Veronica Llorca-Smith's avatar

Love your breakdown and tips.

Becoming polarizing and not sugar-coating your ideas and thinking is a pretty good formula to stand out in the writing world where most are afraid to offend others.

Keep it up!

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Gino Cosme's avatar

Correction: you are talented.

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Andrea Kasprzak's avatar

This was so honest yet inspiring. Writing is a long game. Growth is slow. It's a snail's journey, the writing life.

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Derek Lakin's avatar

Thank you for your insights! I’m learning so much about the value of showing up, day in and day out, and the compounding nature of fractional improvement.

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ShamimBlessed's avatar

Very encouraging! keep up the brilliant work, thanks for sharing!

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Reed's avatar

I'm really curious as to why you think most people over 40 are going to be unemployed by AI. I mean, Sam Altman is almost 40 and he made OpenAI. Are they unable to learn new skills or something?

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Jonathan Sosa's avatar

It's all in the not-stopping muscle. Through hell or high water, you can build something great if you just don't stop.

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Landon Poburan's avatar

You're definitely an inspiration!

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Claudia Faith's avatar

wow, great breakdown! 🤩

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Beniamin Raszek's avatar

Great stuff Michael! Subscribed.

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Elliot Kessler's avatar

Thanks for the help! I’m a fiction author. I write a lot of sci-fi and fantasy. Where can I learn marketing and business skills for my writing?

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Renee Puvvada's avatar

Marketing and sales for fiction aren't too different from nonfiction, but if I were you, I'd find someone successful in sci-fi/fantasy and learn how they specifically leveraged their stories. There are certain tactice, like character and world fandoms, community building, and even pitching to TV/movies that are similar but different enough to want to seek specific help from successful fiction marketers. Just my 2 cents, and as someone who has never marketed fiction :P

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Elliot Kessler's avatar

I appreciate the help. Thank you so much!

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Ben Walther's avatar

Great read!

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Sara Markowicz's avatar

It feels good to see so many people who are able to make a living by writing. What a pleasure ! You love it AND you make money. That's amazing. Congratulations to you !

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Christos V (Simply Finance)'s avatar

Awesome thoughts in here! I'm curious though, what does ghost writing entail and how do you even get into something like that?

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