The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online

Metadata

• Author: David Perell
• Full Title: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online
• Category: #articles
• Document Tags: writing
• Summary: 1. Writing from abundance helps you collect and organize your ideas before sitting down to write, preventing writer's block.

2. Engaging in conversations with readers and editors can refine your ideas and improve your writing process.
3. Building a personal monopoly through consistent writing around a specific theme can make you stand out in online communities.

• URL: https://perell.com/essay/the-ultimate-guide-to-writing-online/

Highlights

• The Internet is a novelty machine that pulls us away from age-old wisdom. Even though we’re just a click away from the greatest authors of all time, from Plato to Tolstoy, we default to novelty instead of timelessness. (View Highlight)
  • Note: social media is the novelty machine. Everybody only ever consumes content <24hrs old, rather than timeless wisdom.