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5 Brutal Truths You Need to Know if You're Not Growing as a Writer

Something you need to pay attention to.

Poonam Sharma
2 min readFeb 2, 2025
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If you are not growing as a writer, you may be making the following mistakes:

Let's talk about them.

1. You just write for the sake of it

You may not realize that you can be a part of this community, but writing just for the sake of posting is something that stops you from growing.

As everyone says, consistency is everything. Most people misunderstand and think they need to post daily. But that’s not the case.

Consistency is about doing it for a long time, not every day.

So, if you have nothing useful to share today, avoid posting.

Bad content is anyway going to harm your Personal Brand.

2. Your content is too generic

To be frank, nothing is original online. Everyone is saying the same thing: stay consistent.

But does that mean no value gets posted?

No, even if the core content is the same, writers make it different, give new perspectives, and share new learning and experiences with the same topics.

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Poonam Sharma
Poonam Sharma

Written by Poonam Sharma

Sharing my insights about writing & side hustling as I'm doing it. Get weekly actionable tips in your inbox: https://substack.com/@poonamsharma

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