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How A Random Guest Post Helped Me Find My Voice As A Writer (And How You Can Do The Same)

I guest posted for the first time in April and ended up writing my best online article yet.

Writing only is hard and finding your voice is even harder.

So I made a quick 15min video explaining the 4 things that helped me.

It'll help you write better online articles too.

The video covers:

๐Ÿญ. ๐—ช๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ“„

๐Ÿ‘‰ When you write a clear outline, you stop multi-tasking while you're writing and write faster.

๐Ÿฎ. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โœ๏ธ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Use casual language, short paragraphs w/ a few one-sentence paragraphs

๐Ÿฏ. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜†๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐ŸŽฏ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Conversational copy, use contractions, involve the reader, avoid any jargon language

๐Ÿฐ. ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† & ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Write without a filter, use familiar references, take big risks

Exceptional writing is the result of taking risks and pushing boundaries.

Check out the video because I also share 2 BONUS TIPS on how to write better. ๐Ÿ˜‰

๐ŸŽฅ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EriymgLh6WA&t

I probably put about 40+ hours into this video because it was my first proper YouTube video!

So if you liked it, please give it a like & comment on YouTube! ๐Ÿค—

on July 9, 2021
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