Creation
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CONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your Message
Writing these Content Creation posts have helped me figure out what works best for me, and how to articulate it in a way that is – I hope – understandable to others. It’s given me a way to discuss what I do with my family and friends a little more. I hope these little nuggets of lessons I have learned are helpful to you as well. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For YouCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination Problem Every piece of content a person creates has a message. Sometimes it is far…
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CONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: The Procrastination Problem
Surprisingly, I did not procrastinate on writing this blog post. It helps a little that I have the first drafts of most of my Content Creation series up on LinkedIn already – so transferring them over and editing them is all I have to do. A lot of times I still procrastinate on even that, I’ll be honest, but not this time! CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For You I guess it’s safe to say that I do have a procrastination problem. In a lot of ways, unless other people are also…
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CONTENT CREATION 103: The First Draft Is For You
I realised when I started putting together this blog post that I messed up my original plotted out order of this series! Not that it matters in the long run – these tips and tricks aren’t things that have to be chronological. They are simply things I have learned over the years and wish to share. Hopefully, something resonates with you. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You CreateCONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober” When you first start working on a project, I think every creator gets lost in the worry about their ‘target audience’. It can be a boon to know who your creation is…
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CONTENT CREATION 102: Find Your Own “Write Drunk, Edit Sober”
Over the years, I’ve come to figure out which tips and tricks found online in the variety of writing advice columns and blogs work for me, which I should discard completely, and which work with a little bit of tweaking. It has all been experimentation and knowing oneself and one’s own writing style. Hopefully someone finds some advice they can use in this series. CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You Create The saying “write drunk, edit sober” is something probably every writer (and content creator) has seen on advice blogs everywhere. Most of the time it is written as a tongue-in-cheek nudge to creators to not overthink their work,…
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CONTENT CREATION 101: Commit To What You Create
I’ve learnt many lessons over the years of creating content. Not all of them may work to you. Experimentation – trial and error, figuring your own path – is something everyone should do for themselves. But if any of these tips that I figured out for myself help you in any way? I’ll be glad to have helped out. One of the first of these lessons was that when you start creating something, you should commit to it. If you are not confident in your content, if you are unhappy or unsure in any sort of way about what you are putting out there, it shows. It shows if you…
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Much About Content Creation
A little while back, I started writing about content creation on LinkedIn. A few notes and things I have learned over the years as I have written, and done art, and written some more. As I have suffered writer’s block and imposter syndrome and struggled with my worth as a creator. The thing about content creation is this – it is not easy. It will never be easy. But practice and working at it makes it seem that way. Not giving up is half the battle. That doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to change your focus, or take a break of course. But don’t give up. That is the main…
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The Ins & Outs Of Creating Content
When I first got on LinkedIn, I didn’t know what I would ever really post on the site. It seemed intimidating and far too professional and proper for the likes of me. It has been a few years since then, and I think I’ve hit a groove on how I prefer to write articles and posts that translates to here and Ko-Fi very well. Why, then, could it not translate to LinkedIn? Then it was a matter of figuring out what to post. Connecting my platforms to one another was key, and so, writing about creating content has become my thing. There is no ‘one size fits all’ for creating…
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Letters Through The Verse
In mid-2021, a writer I am friends with on Twitch and Discord – MelodyRelody – brought up a writing project of sorts that she wanted to try, and hadn’t had the chance to yet as there was not a group of people who were as interested in it or had the means for it. As it was brought up in HayleyHCreates‘ writing server, naturally, there were a number of us intrigued by it. Interest? Check. Means? For the most part, check. Numbers? Check. And so, “letters through the verse” began. We divided ourselves into two groups – those of us capable of sending physical letters, and those of us who…
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;the case of the imposter syndrome
I’ve been meaning to talk more about fanfiction. Last month, I wrote about reading and writing fanfiction. These points still stand, but there is a downside to my writing fanfiction. And my writing in general. When I write fanfiction, it is usually because I have Very Strong Feelings about the treatment of a character, or a pairing, or a storyline in a show. It’s not necessarily an opinion that other people agree with, though thankfully I’ve never gotten any hate anywhere I’ve posted my stories, but it’s something that I have to write to get it out of my system. Once I write the story and post it somewhere, however,…
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;five reasons I read fanfiction (and five reasons I write it)
I love fanfiction. I’ve been reading it since I was a teenager, and writing it just as long, even if I never posted those anywhere. It’s fun, and sometimes messy, and if you’re searching on Archive Of Our Own (AO3)? Usually tagged well so you can avoid triggers and other things that may make you uncomfortable. More information and the full #Project14Lists can be found here. Someday, I will actually sit down and write a more coherent post about why I love fanficiton with links to some of my favourites, and maybe even my own, but today is not that day. Today is a day for a little bit of…