{"id":15511,"date":"2023-10-17T06:49:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=15511"},"modified":"2024-01-26T06:33:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T14:33:45","slug":"1-rule-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/17\/1-rule-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"My #1 Rule for Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve written a lot of stuff: over 1600 articles<\/a>, five books (ten if you include those originally published directly to the blog), countless video scripts, email newsletters and more.<\/p>\n

Quantity, of course, is no guarantee of quality. There are still many things I would like to improve about my writing. Hopefully, given a few more decades of practice, I\u2019ll be able to do so. But, by this point, I can at least claim to have some experience.<\/p>\n

Given my history, budding writers occasionally ask me for tips. My usual reply is to write a lot. Write\u2014and publish\u2014one hundred essays before you start to scrutinize your work. The thought of publishing something (even just online) is paralyzing to most new writers, so overcoming that hurdle is bigger than finessing your prose.<\/p>\n

But supposing you\u2019re writing regularly, what should you write about?<\/p>\n

Write What You Like to Read<\/h2>\n
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