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Write Like A Pro
Welcome - Starting With A Clean Slate
Everybody Has A Book Inside Them, But... (3:08)
I Need You To Trust Me (4:53)
The Story of Netflix vs. Blockbuster (6:11)
The Captain Of This Ship (8:37)
The 3 Deaths All Writers Must Die (7:38)
What Makes A Professional Writer? (5:12)
Module 1 - The Mindset Of A Pro
Life Is A Single-Player Game (7:53)
You Should Probably Quit (8:31)
The 4 Kinds Of Writers (4:37)
The Dip (8:22)
Commit To The Jump (8:17)
The Motivation Café (7:52)
A Writer’s Two Wages (7:27)
The Most Important Page Of Your Blog (7:19)
You Can’t Patent Creativity (7:10)
What Picasso Really Meant (10:53)
How Ideas Actually Form (8:27)
The Wrollercoaster Of The Writing Mind (15:43)
The Professional Mindset In A Nutshell (6:40)
Module 2 - Establishing A Consistent Practice
What’s The Last Thing You Remember? (5:03)
Detention Is Wonderful (3:35)
Nothing Else Matters (3:50)
The Momentum Framework (6:00)
Counting What Counts (3:45)
How To Use Coach.Me (9:58)
Falling To The Level Of Our Systems (7:25)
The Only Useful Diagram From Programming Class (7:50)
Hemingway's Well (4:19)
The Gourmet Cook Test (5:48)
How To Prevent Your Partner From Cheating On You (6:12)
Be Kind To Yourself (2:37)
Learning To Walk Tightrope (6:30)
The 1-In-1-Out System [Intro] (4:51)
How To Plan 30 Days Of Content In 1 Hour [Quora Edition - Beginner] (11:27)
How To Plan 30 Days Of Content In 1 Hour [Medium Edition - Intermediate] (11:06)
How To Plan 30 Days Of Content In 1 Hour [SEO Edition - Advanced] (14:39)
Clickbaiting People Into Happiness (7:29)
How To Refine Your Headlines With A Simple Tool (9:14)
The Only Tool A Real Writer Needs (3:10)
In A Perfect World... (2:45)
Module 3 - Making Your Practice Deliberate
The Writer’s Career Capital Market (5:17)
17 Years In The Passenger Seat (2:41)
Definitions Made Of Book Stacks (7:25)
From Purpose To Deliberation (8:37)
Why Rick Rubin Is Wrong (5:05)
The Single Greatest Response A Writer Can Hope For (3:11)
Writing In The 21st Century (5:45)
Weapons Of Mass Reaction (7:15)
What Stephen King’s Uncle Taught Me (5:10)
The Most Powerful Words Are Those You Don’t Say (6:26)
171,476 Words (3:42)
Mr. Motsch The German Teacher (2:26)
Your Authentic Swing (5:52)
The Circle Of Questions I Live In (7:32)
Die Hard On An Airplane (6:09)
Let's Take It From The Top [Starting An Article From A High-Concept Headline] (19:45)
A Trail Of Breadcrumbs [Starting An Article From Content Scraps] (13:52)
The Story Skeleton [Starting An Article From Structure] (22:22)
Why Alice Must Keep Falling (3:20)
What Makes Good Subheads? [Examples] (20:13)
The #1 Variable All Bloggers Miss (3:05)
Breaking The Length Pattern [Examples] (9:12)
Structural Types [Quora Edition - Beginner] (16:41)
Structural Types [Medium Edition - Intermediate] (27:12)
Structural Types [SEO Edition - Advanced] (19:59)
The Lucky Pot (7:01)
The Hero’s Journey In A Can (3:43)
Creating Your Own Structure [Example 1] (15:52)
Creating Your Own Structure [Example 2] (19:06)
Acts-Ray Vision (1:37)
Finding Structures Through Analysis [Examples] (16:22)
The World Is Made Of Words (4:42)
How Particle Accelerators Work (4:50)
Benjamin Franklin Was A Copycat (2:24)
The Himalayan Pine Tree Sap (2:59)
That Was A Lot! Let's Recap Module 3 (4:02)
The Single Most Deliberate Thing A Writer Can Do (5:18)
Module 4 - Attracting An Audience
The Article Is The Product (4:53)
What Kills Tech Startups Makes Writers Stronger (6:16)
Nobody Wants To Read Your Sh*t (4:53)
The Big Fat Lie About Your Email List (4:40)
Content Is King. Who’s God, Then? (2:43)
How Sherlock Holmes Makes Bricks (2:34)
Making Bricks [Quora Edition - Beginner] (13:46)
What’s Your Boy Scout Badge? (8:24)
All Roads Lead To Rome (5:00)
Leveling Up Your Quora Game (10:12)
Great Quora Bricklayers [Examples] (8:48)
Making Bricks [Medium Edition - Intermediate] (27:46)
Hi, My Name Is... (10:03)
Wall-Building With Will Smith (6:10)
Leveling Up Your Medium Game (16:50)
Great Medium Bricklayers [Examples] (8:29)
Would You Like Some Rank With That? (8:04)
Making Bricks [SEO Edition - Advanced] (23:45)
I Saw Off-Page SEO Once (3:23)
Leveling Up Your SEO Game (10:44)
Great SEO Bricklayers [Examples] (19:57)
After The Game Is Before The Game (1:53)
There Is No Such Thing As Writing (2:18)
Self-Republishing Walkthrough [Medium, Quora, LinkedIn] (20:51)
Marketing Hacks For CBBs (2:52)
The Gatekeeper Profession Is Dying (But Here’s How To Make The Epitaph) (3:28)
Pitching Like Tommy John (3:38)
How To Write An Email Pitch (18:25)
Today I Learned That Reddit Sucks, But I Use It Anyway (15:12)
The Value Of Hand-To-Hand Combat (3:07)
Likes For Dinner (3:11)
Module 5 - Making Money From Your Writing
The Economic Cycle Of The Media (8:53)
Hi, I’m The Guy Who Does Everything (6:21)
The Only Variable Your Income Should Be Built Upon (9:14)
500,000 Words, But No Book (7:14)
Modern Kinds Of Writers (4:15)
The Freelancer (8:36)
The Author (10:59)
The Marketer (10:39)
The Artist (11:40)
Freelance: Average Is Crowded (29:37)
Writing Books: Your Novel Is The Last Step (42:43)
The Ethical Marketer: Transparency Wins (31:46)
A Digital Da Vinci: The Purest Form Of Living From Your Art (38:22)
The Greatest Feeling In The World (5:26)
Closing Thoughts
The Destiny All Writers Share (3:15)
The True Purpose Of Write Like A Pro (3:11)
The Single-Greatest Interview Question (Course Feedback) (3:22)
The State of Writing 2022 [WLAP Updated & Extended]
Intro to the 2022 Edition (7:55)
The State of Medium 2022 [Nik Edition] (40:58)
The State of Quora 2022 [Nik Edition] (33:41)
The State of SEO 2022 [Nik Edition] (43:32)
The State of Book Publishing 2022 [Nik Edition] (46:38)
Zulie Rane: The State of Medium 2022 [Expert Interview] (58:18)
Sean Kernan: The State of Quora 2022 [Expert Interview] (45:09)
Nick Wignall: The State of SEO 2022 [Expert Interview] (51:18)
Todd Brison: The State of Book Publishing 2022 [Expert Interview] (60:07)
Conclusion to the 2022 Edition (3:20)
Bonus Vault
How To Use Medium SEO To Rank In The Google Top 10 Without Your Own Blog (11:15)
How To Find Interesting Connections On LinkedIn (1:41)
How To Make Money On Quora (4:51)
Medium Headline Preview Hack (4:25)
How To Find Scientifically Credible Sources (10:05)
How To Find Great Cover Images For Your Articles (10:18)
How To Write A Great Author Bio (9:42)
Should You Write in Multiple Languages? (5:28)
Do You Need a Writing Niche? (6:55)
Can You Make It If English Is Not Your First Language? (6:23)
I Saw Off-Page SEO Once
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