Giving Writing Tips Isn’t Limited to Top Writers

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that.</p><p id="8032"><b>My goal for writing this piece is to encourage beginners to continue to share their path to (some) success</b>. In fact, I like reading their stories more because they’re closer to my reality. Their advice feels more achievable.</p><p id="a876">Being a software engineer, I can only imagine myself having to wait to be an expert to only then teach. Boy, that can take a lifetime. The learning opportunity cost would be huge. I’d be doing a disservice not only to readers but to myself as well, as teaching/writing is one of the greatest ways to learn.</p><p id="e08f" type="7">In a general sense, it comes to the question. Can I write about something without being an expert?</p><p id="aef5">I’ll be honest with you. This question has always haunted me, and I believe, many writers out there; One of the many thoughts that have stopped me from writing. But I’ve been learning to let go.</p><ul><li>If you procrastinate, if you’re not focused — can you read a book on productivity, learn and write about it?</li><li>If you are interested in neuroscience or quantum mechanics but are not from the field — can you write about it?</li></ul><p id="3213">As long as you do your research and don’t plagiarize, the answer is a resounding YES! And in the case of the productivity example, your limited experience is most welcome.</p><p id="aca0"><b>The question and answer are not selective</b>. It applies to giving writing tips as

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well. It applies to every damn knowledge area.</p><p id="60ae">For instance. If you’ve jumped from 100 followers to 200 in a short time — please, share your process with us. You’re entitled to that as well. Teaching how to get followers is not restricted to only those who have big numbers.</p><p id="15c0">Writing consistently is hard enough. Let’s not limit ourselves to the type of stories. I leave with a quote from the best-selling author, Barbara Sher. Unfortunately, she left us in 2020. Thanks for reading.</p><p id="9627" type="7">There’s no one in the world who can do what you can do, who can think and see the way you do, who can create what you can create. Barbara Sher</p><p id="66ad"><b><i>For further reading:</i></b></p><div id="ec27" class="link-block"> <a href="https://betterprogramming.pub/3-reasons-why-your-story-is-worth-sharing-as-a-software-developer-6511f5481cb7"> <div> <div> <h2>3 Reasons Why Your Story Is Worth Sharing as a Software Developer</h2> <div><h3>If you’re a software developer wanting to write about your journey, just do it</h3></div> <div><p>betterprogramming.pub</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*QPS21kWnptBWmq8s)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Why would it be?

You’re only six months into your promising writing career; You took courses; you published poorly written articles and learned from them; You received feedback from editors and corrected your mistakes.

Why on Earth should you not give writing tips based on what you’ve learned so far? It’s not relevant if you have 20 or 20K followers. Or if you started writing at 12 or 30 years old. Your tips at this stage may not help readers go as far as publishing a book, but they will help them get to the next step.

Perhaps it’s just me, but I’ve been coming across stories or tweets from experienced writers claiming that offering writing tips are exclusive to them because they know better. I learn so much from top writers every day. They’re an inspiration. But I’m afraid I have to disagree on that.

My goal for writing this piece is to encourage beginners to continue to share their path to (some) success. In fact, I like reading their stories more because they’re closer to my reality. Their advice feels more achievable.

Being a software engineer, I can only imagine myself having to wait to be an expert to only then teach. Boy, that can take a lifetime. The learning opportunity cost would be huge. I’d be doing a disservice not only to readers but to myself as well, as teaching/writing is one of the greatest ways to learn.

In a general sense, it comes to the question. Can I write about something without being an expert?

I’ll be honest with you. This question has always haunted me, and I believe, many writers out there; One of the many thoughts that have stopped me from writing. But I’ve been learning to let go.

If you procrastinate, if you’re not focused — can you read a book on productivity, learn and write about it?

If you are interested in neuroscience or quantum mechanics but are not from the field — can you write about it?

As long as you do your research and don’t plagiarize, the answer is a resounding YES! And in the case of the productivity example, your limited experience is most welcome.

The question and answer are not selective. It applies to giving writing tips as well. It applies to every damn knowledge area.

For instance. If you’ve jumped from 100 followers to 200 in a short time — please, share your process with us. You’re entitled to that as well. Teaching how to get followers is not restricted to only those who have big numbers.

Writing consistently is hard enough. Let’s not limit ourselves to the type of stories. I leave with a quote from the best-selling author, Barbara Sher. Unfortunately, she left us in 2020. Thanks for reading.

There’s no one in the world who can do what you can do, who can think and see the way you do, who can create what you can create. Barbara Sher

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