Laura Kulik ✏ 🚢

I help writers finally beat perfectionism to unleash their creative potential 💡 History student 🎓 turning into online creator 🔜 working on my 1st eBook

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Stephen King is the most known fiction author of our time.

In the last 50 years he sold over 350M books.

But there is only one book that reveals everything he knows about writing:

His memoir "On Writing"

Here are 10 powerful quotes + the lessons you can learn from them 🧵👇

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@PolzerAndrea Looks totally fine to me 😊

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@andymcaleese Yes I have to tackle my running habit next 😅

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4 weeks ago I stopped writing online.

Now I'm back.

Because I'm tired of stopping what I love to do just because it gets hard sometimes.

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@estherciganda We all want it 😅 But it's like a unicorn. Seems so cool but it doesn't really exist.

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Perfectionism doesn’t exist.

Every writer starts with a very shitty first draft.

It takes lots of refining and trial & error to get to the point that readers view as "perfect".

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@estherciganda @matthaig1 @MaggieShipstead @WSUAlumAssoc @arvidkahl Great to hear that you finished it. How did you like the book?

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Over the last two weeks, every one of my tweets for #Tweet100 was scheduled, as I spent my time on holiday.

I notice a lack of engagement because I decided to go offline for that time.

Even if you put out a lot of content you still need to take some time to engage with others.

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If you're really good at something, ask yourself:

Am I doing this often enough?

If the answer is no, it's your own fault if you fail.

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Stop getting high on anticipation and desire and start enjoying the actual experience.

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The "just-got-lucky" success stories don't exist.

In reality, they are simply consistent.

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Avoid doing things just to make yourself feel something else.

That's just another form of escape.

Start doing the things you truly want to experience.

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The next time you want to make a conversation more meaningful:

Don't ask: How are you doing?

Instead, ask: What challenges have you faced recently and how did you overcome them?

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@Andy_JMorrison Embrace the shitty draft.

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The single best thing I did for my writing:

Ignoring my inner perfectionist.

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If you are not writing on the Internet, you are limiting your own potential to the small circle around you.

Don't stay in your village.
Put yourself out there.

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Coming up with a neat-sounding niche is the easy part.

Attracting engaging readers with quality writing is the hard part.

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What you should do, if you don’t know what to write about:

Reflect.

• What did you learn over the last 3 months?
• What experiences changed you?
• What book/video/podcast impacted you?
• What conversation shifted your view?

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@espressocopy I would even say that if you want to be prolific you have to edit properly.

The quantity only works if you pay attention to the quality as well.

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The single best thing you can do for your writing:

Let it sit for a day.

Then edit.

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How to make your reading experience 10x more valuable:

After you finished reading a book...
• Set a timer for 10 munites
• Write down 3 points you liked most
• Write down 3 points you disliked the most

That’s all it takes.

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