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know yourself and feel like you need a community to help you stay motivated, then

we encourage you to sign up for Ship 30 for 30).

Choosing a platform: Where's the best place to write online? The honest answer
to this question is: anywhere except your own blog. Why? Because your own blog
doesn't have a distribution flywheel. No one knows it exists, and you are 100%
responsible for driving traffic there yourself. Instead, you want to write in social

publishing environments like Twitter, Quora, Medium. Or, if you want to set up a
Social Blog, we encourage you to use Typeshare (so you get the benefits of both a
personal blog and social distribution). If you want more insight into why starting with
a blog is NOT the best place to begin writing online, grab a copy of Nicolas

Cole's, The Art & Business of Online Writing.

Finding time to write: And of course, one of the biggest reasons writers don't write
is because they "don't have time." Well, here's the thing—not just about writing, but
about anything in life: when it comes to making progress on things that are
important to us, you don't "find" time. You make time. We call these hours

your Sacred Hours, and encourage writers to make time where they are a) most
likely to be productive, but b) least likely to be disturbed by the outside world. Your
Sacred Hours might be early in the morning, at lunch, or at night. But it's on you to

pinpoint them, and then protect them.

If you resonate with any of the above, don't worry. You're not alone. In fact, you are part
of the majority. These are the issues keeping MOST people from clarifying their
thoughts, writing them down, and hitting publish. The good news is, they're all easy to

fix—once you learn a few basic frameworks for writing in the digital age.
The question is, where are you in your journey?

1. Sitting On The Dock
Have you wanted to start writing online, but aren't sure the first step to take? Are

you overwhelmed with the number of different platforms, topics, and strategies out there
for writing online?

2. Sailing A Boat With A Leak

Have you already started writing online, but now feel stuck? Are you hacking away
at blog posts, publishing into the void, never gaining any traction?

3. Afraid To Go Sailing!

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