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Ramp Up Your Writing With This Technique

and a Twitter Tip

Tree Langdon
Nov 29, 2021
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I had a writing breakthrough and wanted to share it with you.

I joined a 30-day poetry challenge. You know the ones I mean.

I usually get off to a strong start, writing several poems in a burst of energy. Then I peter off and don’t finish.

This time I managed to finish all 30.

Hooray!

That was a real win for me.


I was curious, so I looked back and tried to figure out what I did differently.

I realized I powered through the prompts in short bursts, rather than trying to work for hours at a time. Some of them were random rants, but I used them too.

These short bursts gave me great drafts that are now some of my favorite poems from this year.

Here’s my step-by-step guide to how I did it.

Random Poem From A Rant

Variety - by skeeze from Pixabay

Quick Tip for fast and easy Tweets

I learned something new about Medium recently.

You can select part of your article and tweet it directly.

It was news to me. You select text using the highlighter and when the little menu comes up, choose the little Twitter bird.

It’s a quick and easy way to get more views on your Medium articles.

Here’s how I did it.

Below you can see I highlighted “I’m a miser when it comes to money.”

Then I sent it as a tweet.

Twitter avatar for @treemillieTreeLangdon @treemillie
“I’m a miser when it comes to my money.” — @treemillie
Why This Plan Will Change Your Life ForeverWhen it comes to crypto, volatility is your friend.link.medium.com

November 27th 2021

It’s pretty slick.
If you try it, let me know how it worked for you.

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Kristi
Writes Written by Kristi Dec 4, 2021Liked by Tree Langdon

I've always known this but never do it. Thanks for the reminder...off to Tweet things now lol.

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Linda Caroll
Writes xo Linda; Talking About Writing… Nov 29, 2021Liked by Tree Langdon

That's a cool idea for those that have a following on Twitter. Mine is real small. I've tried using Twitter several times, but just don't enjoy the platform at all. Might try the highlight thing anyway, just to see what happens.

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