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Don't read this as though your life depends on it

Because it doesn't

But if you're like me....

And you write stuff everyday...

Or more often than not

Here's something on world class writing

Something that could shift the way you think about writing

Look at it like this:

When you set about digging a borehole

And you find water

What comes out first?

Dirty, muddy, coloured water yeah?

This continues for a while...

Until eventually... the clean drinkable water starts coming out.

And sometimes... In fact very often...

When water stops running in your house and you turn on the pumping machine

What comes out first?

The dirty residue at the bottom of the tank yeah?

This goes on for a few seconds or minutes

Before the clean water starts coming out of your faucets and taps.

Now, let's bring it back to writing...

Your brain is like a faucet... or tap.. or pipe...

It's biologically wired to send out the bad stuff first

And to become a top 0.00001% writer..

You have to develop the habit of writing out the bad stuff first

So whenever you sit down to write...

Understand this:

You won't immediately get that killer novel idea.

The way it works is...

Your brain will first send you a number of Mediocre ideas

Write them out (Don't just wave them off as mediocre.. write them out)

Doing this helps clear out your thought-process,

Creating an active pathway for better ideas to flow from your subconscious mind... into your conscious mind all the way to your screen or paper.

Copywriting legend, Joe Sugarman said it best:

"Your first... 2nd.,.. 3rd drafts are always crap... get those out as fast as possible... to make way for interesting big ideas.... and write out these interesting big ideas too as they come... keep doing this until you hit Gold.... that is... the one big idea upon which you'll build your marketing message!"

Gary Bencivenga, the world's greatest living Copywriter (now retired)... says:

"I write a minimum of 25 headlines before the really good stuff starts coming out.."

And of course...

His mentor, David Ogilvy... the King of Madison... would agree

After all... Ogilvy himself had to write over 100 headlines...

Before he came up with the classic "60Miles/hr" Headline

That sold out Rolls Royce's entire U.S inventory

I'm sure you're beginning to see the lesson here

Make a habit of writing out a lot of rubbish first

Get out the mediocre stuff as quickly as possible (by actually writing it out)

Don't fall into that mental trap of just going through the motions in your head...

Until you think you've found that one great idea that hits the nail on the head

No bueno

Sure, you can ignore this

And just do with whatever "great idea" comes to your mind at first

But take it from someone who knows...

If you really want to become a top 0.00001% writer

Make a habit of doing this little exercise during your writing sessions

The quality of your writing will improve

You'll get much better results

And soon enough(if you keep doing this...)

You'll come to realize that:

The frequency with which you receive great novel ideas is increasing at lightening speed.

PBUY

B.

P.S: A common mistake I see many writers (even experienced writers) make is..

Focusing on work and clients

Sure, that's something worth paying attention to

But the stuff that makes you in-demand and highly-paid...

...is not in the work or your clients.

It's in what you know.... and how you apply it in the real world.

Knowledge... the right knowledge... and the right application... is really power.

The more "right knowledge" you have, and the more "right application" of that knowledge you deploy...

The farther you'll get... And in less time too.

Kapish.

PPS: I'm busy with client work currently but I'm thinking of making time this month to do a Live Q & A webinar where you get to ask me anything on Copywriting, marketing, even my love life.

Not sure yet but if I get a good amount of people interested then I would do it.