Writing Lessons From My 47K Quora Followers

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My quora journey is impressive. I’ve had 3000 followers on my 5th day of writing. And soon, my follower count has ticked 47k.

My Quora journey is influencing countless lives across the globe. Here is one of the thousand messages I’m receiving daily.

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I‘m keeping this story strictly within the scope of writing techniques. The other Quora lessons are reserved for another story.

Edit. Edit. Edit

Never, ever trust your first draft. Maybe you know this already, but how well can you edit your own work? Try cutting one-third of your first draft. Yes, you’re hearing it right. One-third. But wait, there is a catch.

You can’t just expel random words. You trim, scrub, recalibrate, polish.

Ask yourself: Is there an easier way to convey this idea? Is this word really important? Why do I need that sentence?

At times, you are going to see incoherent sentences. Individual lines are like broken traffic. How can you fix them? Remove one? Remove both…