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CONTENT CREATION EPILOGUE: The Consistency Conundrum
I’ve written a little about spreading oneself too thin, across multiple platforms, and trying to keep active on all of them at a regular – and fast-paced – schedule. What works for me personally seems to be the opposite of what multiple blogs I’ve read advise. 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 ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter SyndromeCONTENT CREATION 301: Burnout HappensCONTENT CREATION 302: Know Your AudienceCONTENT…
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CONTENT CREATION 303: The Thing About Social Media
No matter which platform you create content on, in this time and age having a social media presence is necessary. This is an unfortunate effect of the way things are – of the fact that you are a personality, a brand, and you need to market yourself online in order to bring in your audience. 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 ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter SyndromeCONTENT…
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CONTENT CREATION 302: Know Your Audience
Most content creation advice blogs start with this topic. Especially if you plan on monetising your content. However, I’ve been approaching this series as someone who wants to encourage creativity for creativity’s sake. 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 ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter SyndromeCONTENT CREATION 301: Burnout Happens The thing is, it’s not always feasible to create content for creativity’s sake. I know that well. Sometimes…
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CONTENT CREATION 301: Burnout Happens
I honestly did not think I would find more things I wanted to share about content creation but recently, I started thinking again about how I approach it. So even as I create stories and art and share them with the world, I wanted to be honest with myself and with others. 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 ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not ApplyCONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter Syndrome The fact is…
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CONTENT CREATION INTERLUDE: Imposter Syndrome
The thing about creating is that no two people have the same approach to it. So sometimes, when you hear or read something that works for someone else, and it does not for you, it can be – discouraging, to say the least. Demoralising, even. 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 ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To YourselfCONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not Apply What happens when you find that people’s advice just does not work for you?…
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CONTENT CREATION 203: ‘One Size Fits All’ Does Not Apply
If there is one thing I’ve learned over the years of writing and content creation, it is that everybody has their own methods and approaches. Even all these posts I’ve been making are things I have read or learned from other people, adapted for myself, while disregarding other pieces of advice that did not work for me. 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 ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your MessageCONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To Yourself I’ve seen many tutorials and resources over time. These have been…
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CONTENT CREATION 202: Compare Only To Yourself
An important thing about creating content is that your mindset is very important. You have to make sure you are in the right one when creating, even when you don’t feel it. 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 ProblemCONTENT CREATION 201: Believe In Your Message There are a lot of things that I have learned over the years about creating content and putting myself out there. One of the things I still struggle with is comparisons. I look at the creators around me and think myself inadequate…
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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…