The Genius of Twitter in 5 Easy #Steps
For writers only
“Haha! Don’t worry, Miss, it took me a while to understand the genius of Twitter.”
Harry Male, Twitter Genius
I know it sounds like an oxymoron; genius and Twitter in the same sentence. The platitudes of Twitter in 5 threads would make more sense.
But! Here’s a valid question for you:
How to hashtag your way through Twitter when you’re a writer?
No worries, the #WritingCommunity is here to help.
A writer is nothing without marketing — #ShamelessSelfpromo
#Writers! Promote your writings. After all, #readers are #consumers like any other. The more they’re exposed to your advertisements — sorry, writings — the better. Flood social media with links, and someone, somewhere, will finally click. Right?
On Twitter, follow the #ShamelessSelfpromoThursday and hop on the ride. Paraphrasing Mark Twain:
Thursday’s the best day for Shameless Self Promo. Others are Saturday, Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Sunday, and Wednesday.
My recommendation? Experiment with all of them.
Fun fact, marketing comes first, even before having readers.
A writer is nothing without followers, sorry, readers
Thanks to Twitter, we can replace the lack of the latter with an abundance of the former.
Use the #writerslift phenomena to grow your followers to the dozens, hundreds, and finally thousands. All of them will be writers, none of whom will read your articles or your books; they’re too busy writing after all. But they might like a tweet or two of yours from time to time.
Twitter specialists observed a high correlation between the timing of the like and their latest release’s publication.
A writer is nothing without inspiration
Twitter got your back. Take a #coffee and browse through the #WritingPrompts. They are everywhere. Even robots are churning out some.
Thanks to the prompts and the #6wordstory, you can forget your never-to-be finished work in progress (#WIP) and enjoy the life of a writer that completes its manuscripts.
Seriously, be careful; some of them are addictive.
A writer is everything without editing
#Amediting is a less popular hashtag; it usually comes with its hashtag friends #dontgiveup and #MaybeBurnTheDamnThingInstead.
A writer is everything without editing. Everything but published. As the tweet goes, it’s not whether you query; it’s whether you edited before.
You could say the same about your drafts: it’s not how many #WIP you’re working on; it’s how many you edit.
But, more than anything, by allowing you to send short messages out there, Twitter teaches you to let go of your fears. Because, in the end, it’s not how many drafts you edit that counts; it’s how many times you submit.
A writer is nothing without hate in the comments
Here’s the alternative:
- Don’t publish anything. No readers mean no mean comments, no 1-star reviews, and no editors to please.
- Be a writer. Carlyn Beccia wrote it first; trolls teach writers to hone their craft.
You can get angry at the trolls or see Twitter as the greatest anger management training center ever built.
Takeaway — Tweet away
A recap in 5 tweets:
- What time is it? It’s #ShamelessSelfpromoTime
- Thanks to the #writerslift, the #WritingCommunity never gonna let you down
- It’s not how long you write that counts; it’s how #inspired you were when you started
- #amediting, I know I have to, but I don’t have to enjoy it
- #Trolls and #haters, welcome to the comment section! Please make me a better writer (and #viral).
