Hi just start out by putting your fingers on the keyboard or your pen to the paper. If you write what you love, you will be truly authentic. Write what your experience is and everything will fall into place. I loved reading your piece. I too can be wordy…..I’m a woman… haha. I found retention is important. If you keep your stories around a 1,000 words accompanied by your amazing photos…..you will have a winner.
Hello Anne! Thanks so much for your comment! Really very kind of you and for the advice. I am still trying to work out Substack and appreciate any/all tips! I’m caught between keeping it more concise while being worried about bombarding inboxes with serialised posts 😁
No 'how to' unless it's really different please! (I know - I just did one..)
But I do remember the editor of the Times dismissing my interesting ideas for garden articles, saying 'they just want how to and where to, Anne.' And now the web is FULL of how to and where to. Inescapable. Lecturing. What to do in your garden in the middle of the night...
No need to apologise. But sadly, too late 😂 Already written and scheduled! I doubt there’s anything ground breaking. I surveyed my Instagram followers for all their questions before writing.
Hey Sophie! My apologies for not seeing your lovely message. Still trying to work all this out! 🙄 I used to be so good at ‘tech’ but now I’m basically the equivalent to walking into a room and not knowing why I am there! 😂
Hi just start out by putting your fingers on the keyboard or your pen to the paper. If you write what you love, you will be truly authentic. Write what your experience is and everything will fall into place. I loved reading your piece. I too can be wordy…..I’m a woman… haha. I found retention is important. If you keep your stories around a 1,000 words accompanied by your amazing photos…..you will have a winner.
Hello Anne! Thanks so much for your comment! Really very kind of you and for the advice. I am still trying to work out Substack and appreciate any/all tips! I’m caught between keeping it more concise while being worried about bombarding inboxes with serialised posts 😁
I think you were responding to me, Zona 😉
Ooooh! Sorry. Autocorrect intervened 🙄
No 'how to' unless it's really different please! (I know - I just did one..)
But I do remember the editor of the Times dismissing my interesting ideas for garden articles, saying 'they just want how to and where to, Anne.' And now the web is FULL of how to and where to. Inescapable. Lecturing. What to do in your garden in the middle of the night...
Sorry.
No need to apologise. But sadly, too late 😂 Already written and scheduled! I doubt there’s anything ground breaking. I surveyed my Instagram followers for all their questions before writing.
Hello my darling and thank you for the kind mention! Great to see you here where you can be as “wordy” as you wish! X
Hey Sophie! My apologies for not seeing your lovely message. Still trying to work all this out! 🙄 I used to be so good at ‘tech’ but now I’m basically the equivalent to walking into a room and not knowing why I am there! 😂
Don’t worry! I’m a newbie too!