Don't Overlook This Crucial Factor for Online Writing Success
It's not about being consistent or writing more
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Of late, my writing process has become a breeze — I’m neither sitting down to brainstorm for ideas nor researching stuff for my articles.
Throughout the day, golden ideas pop up—primarily on the toilet seat, during my morning gym walks, or in the shower. And when I sit down to write, I already know enough about the topic.
The reason? A shift in my reading preferences. As a lifelong fantasy-first reader, I had developed a distaste for non-fiction.
Only when I started reading classics did my interest in history, psychology, and philosophy sprout.
Since I discovered that the cesspool of cliche self-help was only a tiny blip in the non-fiction universe, I’ve been having a blast plowing through macroeconomics, marketing, and evolutionary psychology.
While my fiction reads shaped my writing skills, devouring non-fiction has made me a powerhouse of ideas and information.
Flood Your Mind with The Written Word
As a writer, your mind is your biggest asset — and the more you feed it, the faster it grows.
Existing ideas intermarry to give rise to newer ones. Nuggets of information will lodge themselves into your subconscious. Your vocabulary will swell like a flooded dam.
When you sit down to write, words fill flow like an overturned bucket of fresh honey.
But this doesn’t mean you mindlessly consume everything that comes your way — this is because it’s impossible to read even 0.0001% of everything that’s ever been written in a lifetime.
Not to mention that millions of articles and thousands of books are published every single day.
While you won’t be able to predict how much a particular read will change your worldview, being mindful of what you read will still help you filter out the trash.
Read Goodreads reviews. Look up the author’s life (and other works). Join a book club. See what uber-successful people are reading.
The biggest pro-tip yet?