"How to Succeed on Substack"

I used ChatGPT to find role models who had tread this path before me. While I had feared that no one else had successfully combined being a writer with building a valuable business, I learned that I was wrong. Sam Harris, Bill Simmons, Kevin Espiritu, and several other creators had done exactly this—and well.

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Heinlein’s Rules of Writing: Principles for Success

March 25, 2021 by BECCA PUGLISI

I want to talk today about a topic I’ve been pondering for years. YEARS. It’s Heinlein’s Rules of Writing.

If this is new to you, it’s a framework for writing success that consists of 5 rules established by Robert A. Heinlein—aeronautical engineer and pioneering sci... See more

Now, most people in my position would have stopped writing on Quora, graduating to writing for a major publication. I didn’t. I had built a massive following on Quora, and was averaging more than 1.5 million organic views per month, every month, while still having at least one of my answers republished by a major publication every single week. I wa

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