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This One Tool Is Responsible for 99 PCT of My Income (opens the original)
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I’m a writer.I make my living as a writer. And if I were allowed to keep only ONE of the tools I use, there is no doubt in my mind about what it would be.It’s an easy choice.Because this one tool is responsible for 99 percent of my income.Tools for writersYou can be a writer with as little as a pen and a stack of papers.Making money as a writer takes more, though. Especially if you plan to make a living from your words.You can do that by selling short stories, writing and publishing books or sel
This 1 Tool Is Responsible for 99% of My Income (opens the original)
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I’m a writer.I make my living as a writer. And if I were allowed to keep only ONE of the tools I use, there is no doubt in my mind about what it would be.It’s an easy choice.Because this one tool is responsible for 99 percent of my income.Tools for writersYou can be a writer with as little as a pen and a stack of papers.Making money as a writer takes more, though. Especially if you plan to make a living from your words.You can do that by selling short stories, writing and publishing books or sel
Why You MUST Be Visible (opens the original)
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The Call of the Writer (opens the original)
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You want to write.You want ideas that pull you to the page. You want to finish the story, email, article or book you keep thinking about.But when you finally have time, somehow the laundry gets folded instead.You want to look up after an hour and have words on the page instead of another broken promise to yourself.Back in 1995, I quit my job.I walked into my boss’s office and said his name.“Hans?”He looked up, gasped, and said, “You want to quit?”I had everything I wanted. A boss I loved. Workin
Why Would You Write Badly On Purpose? (opens the original)
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Have you ever stared at a blank page while the Pomodoro reminded you with every tick that you would never become the writer you wanted to be?Since I was five, I’d never lacked inspiration.I would write stories, essays, letters, everything. Writing was joyful.Later, I added more joy with blog posts and articles.Writing was fun.Why would people get stuck? This “writer’s block” thing had to be a hoax.That was my belief until I was the one to sit and stare at a blank Word document with thousands of
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