YEET!
The Ultimate Method for Writers Shitting Their Pants at the Idea of Hitting Publish
Introducing the #yeet30for30 community
I see you. I was there before.
Trust me. I wasn’t called brown pants in preschool for nothing.
Quantity before quality
The quantity vs quality conundrum is nonsense.
If you want any chance to produce quality writing, you need quantity first.
You know what’s coming next. You’ve heard it over and over again. Here it comes, one more time, to write good texts, you need to rework and edit your drafts many times over.
Well, it’s the same for articles. Your first article, no matter how many edits, will be CRAP.
Sorry, not sorry.
That’s the way it is. Here’s mine if you want to laugh¹.
Studies⁴⁴ show Top Writers need at least 23 bad ideas to get a good one. And they’re pro.
That’s why you should yeet 30 articles first, and start thinking of quality only after.
Getting rid of the shame
In the beginning, we think our ideas are stupid. That’s true, but it doesn’t matter. What matters is how we articulate them. I write stupid stuff all the time, see my course on nothing for more. It certainly doesn’t mean people won’t read them.
We love a stupid story that makes us feel more intelligent than the writer.
We love silly stories that make us feel emotional.
Look at the self-help articles! A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, someone posted the original self-help article. Since then, everybody has been repeating it in 1,000,000 different forms.
Once you’ve yeeted 30 articles, the shame will be behind you. You’ll be free to write about the touchy topics of your lives, where the emotions are raw — and authentic. And that’s what the readers want.
Don’t worry about these first 30 articles, folks! Nobody’s going to read them.
Being part of a community
Writing by yourself is hard. Getting read by yourself is even harder. Join the yeeting community. We #yeet30for30 and aren’t afraid to do so.
We are a giant spider of yeeters spinning a web of articles where readers lose and enjoy themselves.
Would you like to join us?
References
⁴⁴Non-existing studies, to be precise.
¹Kidding. I gave you a link to one of my favorite humorous articles. Here’s the link to my actual first article.
The OG yeeter is, of course, Hogan Torah
Follow these yeeters for more yeety articles
Aimée Gramblin / Reuben Salsa / Demeter Delune / GB Rogut / Kim Zuch / Your_Name_HERE
