Howdy, everybody!
I've got two stories this week and a bunch of comics. One of the stories is about my annoyance with self-help personalities pretending that they have it all figured out. The other is about the advantages of being a multiplatform writer, i.e., an online writer who publishes their work on more than one platform.
The thoughts on that second piece — as well as an article by J.J. Pryor — have excited me so much that I created a second newsletter just for my comics:
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Okay, let's move on to this week’s stories.
Don’t Be Stupid — Post Your Words on More Than One Platform
Make the content creation platforms compete for us (the writers)
You can write on Medium! You can write on Quora! You can write on LinkedIn! On WordPress! On Vocal! On Newsbreak! On Revue! And on Substaaaaaaaack!
YOU CAN WRITE ON ALL THE THINGS!
YAAY!!!
Ahem… Sorry, let me try that again.
Some people claim it’s the Golden age for writers — the age in which there are more places where you can write than ever before. But that’s sort of like saying it’s the Golden age for ass wipers because …
Why Most Self-Help Advice Is Useless
On the absurdity of following other people’s footsteps
Imagine Arnold Schwarzenegger in his testosterone-pumped prime taking Hillary Clinton under his wing. Imagine him stuffing fistfuls of steroids into Hillary, throwing her onto a bench, dropping a half-ton barbell onto her, and then yelling “Push! PUUUUUUSH!!!”
Makes total sense, doesn’t it? That’s how Arnold became a popular politician. So it’s gotta work for Hillary too, right?
Well, no. And yet, there’s a whole industry that’s all about telling others what to do and how to live their lives, as if what works for one person is going to work for another. It’s an industry made up of …
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— David
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