Top 6 Trends Which Every Writer Should Expect This Year

Keep these in Mind

The writing landscape changes every year, even if it’s a bit.

These changes could be ascribed to a number of causes such as yearly progress in technological advancements, public perception towards new events, and other unexpected occurrences.

With the 2020 pandemic, we dare say a lot has really changed as most writers have had to conform to newer, less strict modes of writing. In the same way, new writers have also emerged and are daily making indelible marks on the writing scene.

As we welcome new changes, a fundamental question to ask is: can we easily adjust and adopt newer trends since the world is constantly changing at a fast pace?

With writing being placed at the center of information exchange, readers are constantly looking forward to what writers have to say about everything.

As writers, we need to stay in touch with the latest trends in an ever-changing world, so we don’t get left behind.

Here are some trends to look out for this year:

1. Optimized use of mobile phones

The average phone is no longer used for just making and receiving calls. It has become an all-encompassing device through which content is read and shared from anywhere in the world.

Most writers have optimized the use of their mobile phones in dishing out content on a daily basis. We are no longer in that era where we had to wait to use our laptops or typewriters before we could work.

With a mobile phone, if long-form writing won’t work, bullet points definitely will.

Location issues and inaccessibility to writing resources are no longer limiting factors for writers.

2. Increased social media engagement

For most writers, viewership mostly comes from their social media readers.

Readers engaging through social media is a motivational boost for writers.

LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook are places to have greater conversations, should you need to sample the opinion of readers on something you have recently written or are working on.

Posting across social media platforms helps you gain visibility and recognition. Let’s not forget sites like Quora and Pinterest too which have their unique forms of engagement.

Doing this would mean that your audience is just a click away from seeing what you have to give them. To succeed on these platforms, you would have to understand the unique type of audience which are in those spaces and what works for them.

3. The continuous rise of self-publishing

According to smallbizdaily, self-publishing is among the various trends that have consistently developed and will continue to do so at an even greater speed. This trend has given more writers confidence to explore their authorial abilities.

Beat Barlan, The Vice President of Publishing and Data Services at Bowker reports that: “The self-publishing landscape continues to improve, creating more and more opportunities for authors to manage their own path through the process.”

Barlan further adds that “as more authors take advantage of the abundant tools now available to publish, distribute and market their own books, we expect that self-publishing will continue to grow at a steady pace.”

Although self-publishing could also come with the disadvantage of non-existent gatekeeping to ensure quality assurance, to a reasonable extent, self-publishing has liberated authors from the tiring cycle of traditional publishing. This could be a trend to expect in 2021.

4. More readers

People are in search of any information that will make their lives better.

In areas of finance, marketing, business, and technology, the hunger to consume more content is rapidly increasing.

Even world leaders, business experts, and entrepreneurs are not left out of the reading trend as they also desire to get a better quality of life through reading. For instance, while Bill Gates is known to read 50 books per year, Elon Musk admits that he learned to build rockets because he reads regularly.

A good way to learn is to read more.

In 2021, people are likely to consume more content than never before.

As we move into a new year, increased reading will form one of the main channels through which qualitative information can be passed.

5. Long-Form Content will continue to trend

Long-form content refers to lengthy articles that start from 1200 words to about 6000 words.

The reason why long-form content will trend this year is that more people are beginning to appreciate lengthy content, especially where it provides a clear understanding of whatever topic they desire to read. Also, through the use of search engines, long-form content provides quality search and helpful insights for internet information seekers.

Asides from its ranking benefits and optimization for SEO, some businesses rely on long-form content because it helps attract more visitors to their websites.

6. Emergence of more writing tools

Writing tools are known to help writers work with ease.

As the demand for writing services increase, there is a tendency for writers and writing agencies to find ways of creating high-quality content at increased speed. This would mean frequent use of grammar and spelling checker applications, readability apps, and plagiarism checkers to help deliver better content.

With the rate of yearly technological advancements, it won’t be unexpected to anticipate newer applications that will help writers quickly produce more engaging pieces devoid of errors.

The year has just started and the writing terrain is about to experience new and continuous changes.

Indeed, this is something exciting to look forward to.