Dear Beginner Writers, You’re Focusing On The Wrong Things
#Start doing this.
This is one of the greatest lessons that I’ve learned too late in life. Even though my writing career started a year ago, it never amounted to anything. For a moment, I blamed the platform or my lack of work ethic for this. Only later I realized, this wasn’t the truth.
It was something else. And it’s the exact same reason many beginner writers suffer in the beginning of their writing career and fail.
For many of us, when we start writing and dream of being a published writer someday, we all think of publishing a book or writing for a global brand or writing articles for top blogs and magazines. We think of the number of followers we get. The sales. The money. The fanbase. And the fame.
We think of people waiting for our words and staring at their screen as if a porn addict watching Rana Rohdes shaking her body outside in a bikini.
When none of this happens, we envy ourselves. We curse ourselves. We blame others and outside forces for our lack of failure and clarity. But little do we know, this isn’t the truth. The truth is, you’re focusing on the wrong things.
If you’re an absolute beginner, the one who’s just started their writing career or started it a few months ago, then those are not the things you should focus on and try harder to hit. Because in most cases, you’re more likely to be disappointed and fail.
Take this gym metaphor.
When you hit the gym and desire to have a body like the Greek god or any athlete you admire, then getting that physique is your long term goal and a dream. But you don’t aim to hit that and that’s not what you focus on at the moment, do you? You focus on diet, sleep, and hitting the gym. You make yourself a little better each day, and after some time, you get that kind of physique.
The same rule applies to your writing.
Aim for being a published author or writing articles for global brands or publishing articles in top blogs and magazines. And let it be a long term goal and a dream. But as of now, focus on things that matter to you the most.
1 . Publish 100 articles and don’t dream of getting an outlandish followers overnight. If you get it, great, but don’t expect it. Don’t focus on anything but publishing 100 articles at this stage.
And see what you’ll have learned in your 101st article. A lot of things will be changed.
2 . Don’t focus on getting followers. No one follows a beginner writer who lacks experience and has nothing to say. People follow those whom they can learn from. People follow those with new ideas and perspectives.
So focus on being someone who shares what he has learned. Focus on being someone with new ideas and perspectives. No matter what niche or topic it is about. Share your knowledge.
3 . Don’t try to hit your goals so hard, try to be consistent in your routine. Because focusing on your goals and fantasizing about it won’t get you there, but working each day and improving your craft definitely will.
4 . Make milestones. Hit them. Make a ladder, climb them. It’s because goals are vague and empty. They are just an idea inside your head. Whereas, a milestone is a reachable point you want to hit. It’s achievable and doable. It’s like getting from level 0 to level 1 and more.
5 . Don’t try harder to become famous or to achieve an overnight fame. Don’t search for hacks and tricks to go viral on social blogging platforms.
By trying harder to go viral on the screen, you’ll miss the most essential ingredient when writing i.e. writing for the readers to educate, inform, solve their problem and give them a new perspective.
That’s how you build connection with the readers and accumulate genuine followers. The rest is fad. And that’s not who you want to be.
So, if you’re a beginner writer, focus on making yourself a better writer each day instead of craving for overnight success, money or fame.
