Yet it’s also the most overlooked, often thought of as “unhelpful”, and sadly not even considered to be “good advice” by most people.
Sucks to be them I’d say because there truly isn’t a better way to become a better writer—or a better anything for that matter.
See, this piece of writing advice isn’t just applicable to becoming a better writer.
No, no.
It’s applicable to every single thing you’ve ever done, everything you do, and everything else you will do in both the near and distant future alike.
This is the closest to a “Theory of everything” we’ll ever get.
Now, that I’ve got the preliminary pieces of warning out of the way, it’s finally time to share with you the best piece of advice you could ever get which, once again, can be applied to everything you can ever think of.
Yet, it’ll also be the most obvious and boring thing you’ll ever hear me say—probably to the point where many people will dismiss it altogether, only to go chasing newer, shinier, and cooler (yet a whole lot less effective) ways of improving at their craft; only to end up asking themselves why they’re barely making any progress after putting in, what they claim to be, "tons and tons” of effort.
The golden piece of advice?
Here it is, exactly as it was written in the gem of a book, “On Writing Well” by William Zinsser:
“You learn to write by writing. It’s a truism, but what makes it a truism is that it’s true. The only way to learn to write is to force yourself to produce a certain number of words on a regular basis.”
I told you it was boring.
Yet I’ve never heard better advice than this, nor do I think I’ll ever hear something better in the future.
But so it goes for everything else you do in life.
For example.
It’s been the exact same for me recently when I got into the world of creating and running ads online.
My first ad was shit. My second one was shit. And my third one was shyte.
But the fourth one?
Also shit.
It wasn’t until I got enough practice in. Learned what makes people click, what makes an ad demand attention, how to get people to finish reading the ad, click through on the offer, match the landing page to the ad, make sure there’s enough hurdles for the customer to jump through (to pre-qualify them so you don’t end up wasting more money than necessary), but at the same time limit the amount of hurdles so you don’t scare away the good customers, and much much more.
Sure I devoured everything I could get my hands on when it came to creating ads.
But none of it would’ve mattered if I didn’t get my hands dirty and experimented dozens of ads to compare what worked (and what didn’t).
True knowledge can only ever come from practical hands-on experience.
Which is why I’m putting a heavy emphasis on practical experimentation in my upcoming course all about how to successfully run ads that get you paid, while making sure those “practice ads” remain as cheap as possible so you’re not punished simply because you want to learn.
But more about my course in the future.
For now, if you’d like to learn how to write daily emails that get you paid and keep your readers reading day after day, a practice that’s invaluable if you combine it with the power of running online ads to sell your products and grow your list at the same time, then consider checking out my flagship course Email Valhalla.
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