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Fast Writing is My Best Writing
All my best-performing stories share one thing in common — they were quick to write
Jessica Lynn (11k followers) has noticed this. She writes:
“For whatever reason, the posts I’ve spent the least amount of time writing resonate with more readers than ones I labor over.”
We then had a brief but interesting conversation about why that’s the case.
There’s a pattern to articles that readers love
I replied to Jessica:
“This is true for me too. I’m increasingly focused on finding ideas that will be fast to write — not just for efficiency, but because readers seem to like them most.”
Katrina Paulson was also in on the conversation, and she said: “I notice the same pattern.”
For Jessica, it’s about the sense of certainty and self-assuredness we bring to our writing that makes it engaging to readers. She replied to Katrina:
“Maybe when we know something really well it flows out of us and more people can relate because we are so sure of it.”
At the end of this article, I share my top-performing stories. With only one exception, all of these are stories from my own life. That’s what made…
