The Creative Shift by Dan Blank

The Creative Shift by Dan Blank

Why take the risk of sharing?

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Dan Blank
May 26, 2023
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If you are a writer, why bother sharing? Why spend your time and energy sharing on social media, starting a newsletter, or vying for attention at all? Many writers have good reasons not to:

“I want people to notice my writing, not me.”

“Social media doesn’t sell books.”

“I want to spend my time writing, not marketing.”

Even beyond these reasons, we can add …

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