#2: 8 Writing Bits (in 1 Byte)

Keeping Creative Airflow and Headline Advice

As promised, here is your recap of the last 8 weeks of Friday Write Bytes.

Table of Contents (scrollers unite!)

1. The 2 P’s All Writers Must Avoid

2. Keeping Your Creative Airflow

3. Tools to Write a Great Headline

4. Words that Infuse Energy to Your Readers

5. Transform Your Writing Workflow: Notion Tricks

6. ROI Reminder, Let’s Be Honest

7. 10 Phrases that Scream ‘AI Wrote This!’— Even When it Didn’t.

8. Going Viral on Medium Lessons

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Week 10: The 2 P’s All Writers Must Avoid

1. Perfection

2. Procrastination

Week 11: Keeping Your Creative Airflow

Think of writing like breathing. If you really want to be a writer, you can stop to take a deep breath, but don’t stop breathing.

Week 12: Tips to Write a Great Headline

Don’t be cryptic and don’t be cute.

• Here’s a tool that I use: https://www.monsterinsights.com/headline-analyzer/

Week 13: Words that Infuse Energy to Your Readers

Here are a few words proven to stop a reader from skimming:

Magic, Life-changing, Beat, Unforgettable, Jovial

Week 14: Transform Your Writing Workflow: Notion Tricks

Curated post

12 Ways Notion Can Save Creators Time and Boost Their Creativity

Week 15: ROI Reminder, Let’s Be Honest

Keep track of your projects

• Newsletter Earnings

• Freelance Earnings

• Time Spent on Substack

• Time Spent on Medium:

Week 16: 10 Phrases that Scream ‘AI Wrote This!’— Even When it Didn’t.

1. “Seamlessly integrated”

2. “In today’s fast-paced world”

3. “However, one must consider”

4. “Let’s dive in”

5. “Cutting-edge technology”

6. “Transformative experience”

7. “Firstly, secondly, lastly…”

8. “At the forefront”

9. “Game-changer”

10. “Unveil, Unlock, Unleash, Unmask’”— UN-anything

Week 17: Going Viral on Medium Lessons

Four tips to hit Medium’s billboard charts & one headline warning

1. Make sure the topic is “in.”

2. Hit a nerve and then use a bit of humor and irony.

3. Use a list format. (debatable- yes)

4. Optimize your title.

• And the warning:

  • Your tireless efforts will stay lost in the sea of internet content if you can’t stop a scroller in their tracks. And this is only done by beefing up your headline.

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That’s it for this week. ;) Have a great weekend!

X.O.,