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If You Want More Readers, Consider Seven Things To Focus On When Writing.
Want More Reads? Don't We All... Surely, with 4.8 billion active internet users in January of 2021, there's something you have to share that could catch a few thousand, few hundred thousand, or even a million people's attention. However, as a content creator, you may be wondering how to gain more readers for your stories on Vocal+. You're not alone. Just today I saw a post about reads being down. I think they've been down for most of us lately. What to do to keep your readers coming back?
By Jason Ray Morton 4 years ago in Journal
Insanity at it best
I have always felt like the past was nothing more than a dream. The memories that shape me, mold me into who I am and what I believe. Life is a mosaic of images and feelings that offer a truth about how I got here, even if details are blurred with time. As the years pass, I realize, I am nothing more than the experiences that made me into who I am. I know there is pain in life but growing from that pain can lead you to who you are as a person. I learned this lesson long ago.In my darkest memories where the pain is deepest that lesson sits. I sat and listened when the world spoke. I watched and waited for the truth to show itself. I survived the obstacles placed within my path because I refused to stop or give up even though there were times when I wanted too. Plenty of times the emotional pain was greater than the physical pain. Plenty of times I wanted to end my life. Plenty of times I tried and failed.
By Insanity at its best4 years ago in Journal
Is it Okay to Break Your Niche Sometimes?
“You know how creative people are, we have to try everything until we find our niche.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri Just like every other career path, writers get burnout sometimes. When you write about different aspects and areas of a certain topic, you’re going to have days where you just can’t think of a new topic to cover within your niche.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA4 years ago in Journal
Writing as Craft, Craft as Work
Writing is powerful. It breathes life into imagination. Fully-formed nations have sprung into existence from the strokes of a pen. It strengthens the mind as lifting weights strengthens the body. With writing we pour our souls onto the page and search the text for flickers of hope or depths of despair. Writing is a calling, a craft, an art! And work.
By Farah Thompson4 years ago in Journal
Maybe your story is great but your title is not flashy
Truth be told, unflattering headlines can be the cause of people not reading your stories. Before the person arrives at your story, they will have the first contact with your title the title is what makes someone click on a story to read it, it's how it works on YouTube, you often open a video because of the Thumbnail, the content on the Thumbnail catches your attention and you click but have you noticed that you haven't even read the title of the video?
By Dalmy Alves4 years ago in Journal
Vocal Creators Chronicle. Top Story - September 2021.
Hello all, and welcome to Volume 2 of The Vocal Creators Chronicle. Caroline, Les & James wanted to open up this issue with a big thank you! The praise we received from our inaugural edition of The Vocal Creators Chronicle had us over the moon; truly, we treasured your kind words. Whatever role you play, whether it be by contributing work, sharing other's stories, participating in the weekly Fab 5s on VSS, cheering us on, chatting with us at Vocal Social Society and, of course, by reading our words (and then sharing, hearting and liking them....) however you interact, know that your support is noticed and valued.
By The Vocal Creators Chronicle4 years ago in Journal
The dying prayer
I no longer feel fear. Which induces a feeling like fear. A gun to the skull singing its song of gunpowder. A knife to the throat of ego claiming religion can not save thee. Neon lights flicker amongst peers florescent. Strange energies vibrate like elegies not quite ready to be silenced. Walls quiver as the ground groans of disgust and defeat. The physical realm is yearning for rebirth as it allows for implosion. How can one know god when they look outside of themselves?
By Samuel Bitner4 years ago in Journal
Reasons why you shouldn't stop writing for Vocal
If you're thinking about giving up writing on Vocal I have something to tell you, Give up! But give up thinking about giving up because that limiting thought won't get you going, so I've prepared some tips on why you shouldn't stop writing in Vocal.
By Dalmy Alves4 years ago in Journal
Ted Talk Script
Hi, I am Giulia, and I was 17 years old when I had my first panic attack. At first, I did not even know what it was; I would only feel this big amount of anxiety coming through my chest and rising up until it would suffocate me. Every single time it happened, I was sure I was about to die anytime soon. This brought me to be socially anxious: I would never know when my panic attacks would jump out and humiliate me.
By Giulia Sale4 years ago in Journal
