I just finished editing the contents of my storytelling cheat sheet.

The edited versions have been submitted to one of Medium’s largest publications for writers. All of the articles I submitted this week were approved! That was a record!

This is why that’s a big deal:
– It shows that the quality of my writing is good enough (otherwise, it would’ve been rejected)
– It allows my article to be viewed by a larger audience.

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2 weeks ago, I sent 2 articles to the same Medium publication I mentioned above.

1 was accepted, while the other was rejected. Now, both performed differently—so different than what I expected:
– the article that was rejected performed better. It had more engagements for some reason.
– the article that was accepted, didn’t have much traction.

This says 3 things:
– You never know how the market is going to react
– the rejected article tells me that the topic resonated more than the other one.
– the accepted article had a poor headline, which led to fewer views.

These are all assumptions.

More often than not, it’s difficult to pry the truth from the internet. But one thing I know for sure is that:

Action speaks louder than words.

If no one is reacting, it simply means that it sucks lol.

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Now that I’m done editing the chapters of my ebook, I feel stuck. I’m not sure what to do next—besides the fact that I need to create the final version of the ebook:
1) Write the title.
2) Create a cover page.
3) Upload to Gumroad.

The goal of the ebook is simply to tell my potential clients that I know a thing or two about storytelling.

Here’s where it gets murky: I don’t know exactly who I should write for.

All I know at the moment is I wanna ghostwrite for others. Who are the “others?”

That’s where I’m stuck. I need to fully define who it is–as precise as possible.

I want to target old people who want to pass down their life lessons to the next generation.

OR

Target coaches and creators who don’t have time to create a lead magnet.

I can only choose one or the other.

The ebook is a compilation of the most useful lessons I learned to become a storyteller. The hope is that potential clients can see that I’m a good curator of content.

As for the older peeps, it’s going to be a difficult task simply because they’re more likely to be living life without Internet.

Maybe I shouldn’t target older peeps. Perhaps I should target people my age–who want to pass down the lessons to their kids when they grow up as adults?

You see, I’m confused. I’m still figuring stuff out.