How My May Focus Can Help You
Get readers, followers, and email subscribers while getting better writing done.
When thinking about this prompt about May, everything I know of the month speaks rebirth and growth to me.
Here in the northern hemisphere, it’s spring. I hear the birds outside again. I see flowers peeking out at me. I’m tilling the soil in my vegetable garden, planting in anticipation of the bounty of eating fresh from my garden.
I think of the month’s birthstone, the emerald, a symbol of fertility and rebirth. I think of the month’s flower, the Lily-of-the-Valley, a symbol of happiness, representing purity, sincerity, and discretion.
Deciding on my focus for May became easy.
I sincerely want my writing to grow and to find readers, believing that this growth is in my hands. Here’s what I’ve been discovering works as I continue my focus this month.
Readers, Followers, & Email Subscriptions
- Dedicate sufficient time reading others here, meeting new people and engaging with their writing, allowing them to know me better and to discover my writing.
- Vary where I publish, some self-published, and others in a variety of publications, the outreach connecting me to more people by meeting different audiences.
- Share my story links on social media, since connections grow when I interact with others.
- Interact and engage with groups, both here and on social media, meeting even more people that read my stories.
Writing
- Plan out topics I want to cover, basically having a roadmap that totally eliminates writer’s block.
- Follow that plan with a block of first drafts that produce writing ready for revision before publishing.
- Spend more time with my stories before publishing them. Polished writing finds more readers. They appreciate it more since it better offers what benefits them as readers.
