Sean Platt - Writing Online: Write Your Dreams to Reality

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Writing Online

Write Your Dreams to Reality

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This ebook is intended to help the modern writer build and refine the skill sets necessary to build a lucrative writing career in the digital age. This ebook makes no guarantees of success or implied promises. The strategies detailed in these pages will work, but are dependent on the work ethic and diligence of the writer.

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Second Edition

This book would not have been possible without the undying support of my wonderful wife, Cindy, and our two remarkable children, who had to deal with a mostly missing daddy for months at a time as I tried my best to figure out all this online writing stuff.

I must also thank my constant writing partner, David Wright, whom I met in the first few days into my online writing career.

What Others Are Saying About Sean Platt and Writing Online

Sean Platt is a great writer, but more importantly, he has a way of seeing where things are going and what the modern writer needs to get there. This book isn't just an inspiration, it's a roadmap to owning your career as a writer in a world that seems to never stand still long enough to know which way is up.

Jonathan Fields, author of Career Renegade

The title of this book is deceptively simple. Anyone can write online, and that's the problem. Sean teaches you how to do it effectively, and actually make a living with your words. The fact that he practices what he preaches seals the deal it's time to get this book and go pro.

Brian Clark, of Copyblogger.com

To say Sean has a way with words is to say Muhammed Ali had a powerful punch. His ability to make any subject sexy and emotionally appealing is both stunning and humbling. Quite frankly, reading anything Sean has written makes me want to be a better writer. If you've ever believed you had a way with words, read this book and you will know exactly how to make your writing dreams a reality.

Lori Taylor, Million Dollar Copywriter

An accomplished writer and creative producer, Sean brings his artistic voice, focus and insight to his writing in a way that inspires. His ability to work on a variety of thematic levels while staying true to his audience most definitely sets him apart. Any writer needing to steer themselves toward a more successful path would benefit from working with Sean.

Eric Paulson, Film and TV Producer

Authors Note

Pain and struggle.

Thats exactly what I dont want for you. But that's what it took for me to find writing success pain and struggle.

I wrote this book to share some of the lessons I learned, without you having to go through all the setbacks and false starts I faced when I raced online in late 2008, brimming with ambition and eager for success, but without a road map to help me find it.

I knew I was a good writer. I had all the potential in the world. What I didnt know, was that potential wouldnt be nearly enough to actually succeed at writing. I found myself going down dead-ends and broken alleys of endless effort with minimal results.

Had I known then what I do now, I wouldve saved myself from the horror and humiliation that had me juggling too much debt, endangering my family, and eventually losing my house. I would've worked smarter, not harder, and realized my goals much earlier.

Life is wonderful now. I leaped the hurdles and claimed the future I wanted.

I write when, where, and for who I want.

Id love to see the same thing happen for you.

That's not to say that I simply write fiction or poetry while money rains around me. Writing is commerce one person willing to pay for what another is willing to write. I find warmth in words and love to blaze the keys with everything from sales copy to fiction.

Im only now in a position where I'm working with companies I want to work with, creating products I believe in, and writing the books I've always wanted to write, rather than chasing cheap, unrewarding work.

I want you to have what I didnt the shortcuts, smart strategies, and simple tricks that have made my life as a writer profitable and pleasant for my family and me. And help you steer clear of the stupid mistakes that held me back for far too long.

This is the book I wish Id read three years ago.

How you read this book is up to you straight through in order, or chapters out of sequence. The information presented isnt in the order I learned it, but I tried to lay it out in a logical way, keeping similarly themed subjects together. Writing Online is also designed to sit on your desk to serve as a handy reference or serve as inspiration when you need it most. Many of these lessons build on one another, and build on your experience as you progress.

If you're anything like me, you'll come back to the text to re-discover gems you'd read but which didn't make sense at the time, or which you forgotten, or didn't have time to try. Its funny how often Ill implement something new which I actually learned a couple years earlier. Yet, it's only now that I truly understand the depth of that earlier lesson. Bit by bit and byte-by-byte, you will get where youre going. This book can help you get there a word at a time.

Dont let anything stand in your way, especially doubt. If you went to college, great. If you didnt, thats okay, too. I know a lot of people without higher education that are making their dreams come true through the power of their words. You can, too.

The world is changing and its happening fast.

One thing is certain information has never held more power, nor has the authors ability to broadcast. Once upon a time, there seemed to be endless walls which kept the writer away from the masses. Technology now makes your voice available at the touch of a button, and the fuel to make it viral is inside you.

You have everything you need to be great and build an amazing life. Im here to help.

This book is for you.

One word of warning before we start. I tend to repeat myself a bit. Its not that I don't think you'll get it the first time, but learning often comes through repetition. Even though Im a quick study, much of this information took a long time to sink in. Additionally, because the book is built for skimming, there will be times that duplication of information is necessary.

This is an exceptional time in your life, and this book can give you the keys to the kingdom. Not because I've been shown some secret wisdom, passed down by sages; most of this stuff is common knowledge after you've been doing it for a while. But it wasnt common to me when I first started, or even a year later. The circles I run in are filled with authors, copywriters, screenwriters, marketers, web designers, online entrepreneurs and writers just like you. I hope to gather this knowledge together in a way that no other writing books have done, so you have a modern toolkit to help you do the things other writing books don't tell you to do.

But most of all, I speak the truth, and right now the truth has never been more promising for writers.

Lets do this together.

Lets do it now.

You Are a Writer

You are immortal.

You are Superman.

You are a living, breathing Merlin.

You are creator, superhero, alchemist of the impossible.