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The Most Chaotic Writer In The World Shows You How To Choose A Writing Niche.
I almost have this figured out.
Urgh. The niche question.
I spiral into self-criticism the moment I hear it.
It took me forever to decide I wanted to blog and write novels. I’ve written copy, short stories, scripts, interviews, you name it. I banged my head against a wall for years, wondering what kind of a writer I wanted to be. I almost gave up writing at one point; that’s how much it messed me up.
And now, just when I decided, when I thought the hard part was over, here they go again with “choose a niche, or you’ll never be successful”!
I can’t. I’ve tried, and I’ve failed multiple times.
Why can’t I? Is it because I have something to say about everything, or do I have nothing valuable to say about anything? Is it because I’m too stupid to go deep into any subject?
Maybe I’m too indecisive and easily distracted to ever succeed as a writer. How are people supposed to know what I’m about if I don’t even know?
In December, as I was planning my writing year, I designed a plan to figure this shit out. If you’re hoping this article will give you an absolute answer, it won’t. It will give you some direction, though. It…