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Stop Creating Your Content Into A Void

The Bottom’s Up Approach To Writing That 99% Guarantees A Successful Article

Ev Chapman
7 min readMar 8, 2022
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This time last year I thought I would start a blog.

Except I wrote 3 blog posts that I think just my dad read. Starting a blog is hard, you end up putting so much effort into content that no one is reading (especially in those early days).

So I switched my approach from my blog and used Twitter as my main publishing platform. Firstly, just with tweets and then with yellow atomic essays by joining Ship 30 for 30.

Since starting a year ago I’ve had over a million views on my content & built a significant audience. I’m convinced I couldn’t have done that if I had kept slogging away at that blog.

And at the same time, something quite surprising happened. Writing on Twitter fueled my content creation process on so many other platforms (including this one).

A Bottom’s Up Approach To Writing

Most writers have two problems that stop them from creating consistent content. They either sit staring at a blank page wondering what to write. Or they put so much effort into one piece of content but really have no idea if it will resonate or not with their audience.

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Ev Chapman
Ev Chapman

Written by Ev Chapman

Personal Knowledge Coach | I help professionals package their expertise into content & products that generate independent income 💸

Responses (9)

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It's interesting to see a twitter version of taking notes and jotting down ideas and how they lead to long-form and valuable articles. So creative. Thanks for sharing, Ev! :D

Thanks. I will need to start twitter. Never been a fan but I appreciated the explanation of the other features of twitter

This is such a good idea! Still getting the hang of Twitter but I'll definitely give it a go