“That was the most intense two months of my life!”

I wrote this in my journal after finishing the first draft of my fiction novel.

All my life, I’d always wanted to be a writer. But until now, I’d only written short articles and stories all over the internet. When…

Habits for Smart Writers

Since March, I’ve been on a writing streak. I spent the first two months of self-isolation working on my novel and finished the first draft (87,000+ words). I was also writing a few articles here and there, but then, once my novel was complete, I started writing one article daily.

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When you love fiction, no matter how well-read you are, you can never have read enough.

Whenever I meet a new reader, they always have something interesting to recommend to me. …

Whenever I’m invited as a guest on a podcast, one question I’m always asked is this-

What’s the secret to succeeding on Quora, Medium, or LinkedIn?

On these three platforms combined, I have more than 100,000 followers.

Whoever looks at my profiles for the first time, always tells me this…

In 2021, I had a goal of making $10,000 per month from my writing projects.

When I didn’t meet it by December, I realized this money-based goal was actually hindering my progress.

How? This article is all about that (and why money-centered goals don’t always work for every self-employed person).

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There are times when I get tired of relying on algorithms.

It hurts when you pour your heart and soul into an article, and it falls flat because the algorithm doesn’t favor it. You get paid peanuts. The hours you spent writing and researching suddenly start feeling meaningless.

If you’ve…

I want to be a writer, but where shall I start? How do I decide what topics to write about?

If you have ever struggled with questions like these, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Every beginner writer I talk to asks me the same. …

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” — Haruki Murakami.

Lately, my Goodreads feed is filled with people reading the same three books by Tony Robbins, Tim Ferris, or Nir Eyal.

These are incredible authors and I…