During the early days of my newsletter, I would interview one LinkedIn Top Voice every Saturday.
I met a lot of amazing people. It was fun. I would get on a call to pick the brains of some of the smartest people on LinkedIn.
My favourite interview was with Louie Bernstein – a 71-year-old man who went viral for his advice on Reddit – 11.8 million views.
During our interview, I asked him if one should write daily. I was under the notion that writing daily wears out your writing brain muscles, just like a daily gym workout wears out your muscles.
He said:
In my 50 years of experience when it comes to brain muscles, things are quite the opposite. If you don’t work them daily, they will wear out. He was right but I didn’t believe him at the moment.
I went on living life with my philosophy.
Last month, I took a 9-day vacation. And during my vacation, I did not write a single word.
The funny thing is that writing became difficult for me when I returned.
Before the vacation, I could write 1000 words in the blink of an elf. Now, I avoid writing as much as I can.
Why?
Because my writing muscles wore out, and I did nothing to maintain my brain muscle.
I did nothing during my vacation except binge-watching series or reading all day.
So, I decided to do something about this. That is when I came across my old freelancer notebook.
I used this notebook to keep track of things as a freelancer.
At the end of the notebook, I wrote a technique to help me overcome writer’s block or when I wasn’t able to write anymore.
Whenever I am facing writer’s block, and unable to write Persuasive Proposals for Upwork, I try this technique.
Framework: Proposal Blueprinting
Ever wonder why some freelancers consistently win projects while others struggle?
It often comes down to how they write their proposals.
Successful freelancers on Upwork are good at writing Upwork proposals. And 90% of them got better at writing by implementing this technique or a similar one.
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