You Don’t Have To Niche Down Your Writing

I see many writers and bloggers advising to niche down right from the beginning. While writing about a specific topic is useful, it’s not mandatory, especially if you are just starting.

When I started writing online, I had no clue what topic to write about. Since I have been an avid reader for a long time, I decided to write about the books I had read.

I was also interested in personal growth and investing money. So, I wrote about these topics as well. Further, I also shared diet and health tips on my blog.

Looking back, it feels crazy that I wrote about so many different topics. It might seem a little ridiculous now, but it did teach me how to write well.

Today, I write mainly about personal growth and writing online. I have “niched down” to the topics I like and know about. Don’t niche down from the beginning.

If you are beginning your writing career, don’t niche down. Instead, write about whatever you want. If your readers are confused, let them be.

Keep writing about the things you like. Share your experiences, research, and write about what you know.

Focus on learning, writing better, and building consistent habits. Most importantly, providing value to readers.

Honestly, people don’t care as much as you might think. They will not complain that you are writing about different topics. They just want to read something good. So, if you can write well, you will succeed at it.

Aspiring writers often ask me what they should write about. They tell me that they want to start a blog but don’t know the topics to include on the blog.

I suggest they start a personal blog and write about whatever they want. Then, they can niche down later and create a separate blog once they are confident with their writing.

The most important thing is to START.

How can you know what to write about if you haven’t started yet?

Thinking about a niche is a time waste. It is trying to be a perfectionist. Here’s one thing I have learned about perfectionism: It is a success-killer.

Just start writing. Collect random ideas that you want to write about and start writing. The perfect time is now. Don’t wait for tomorrow. If you have an idea, begin immediately.

The first five articles I wrote on my blog all belonged to different niches. They were about books, personal growth, health, finance, and career development.

Nobody cared what I wrote about back then. If they liked one of my articles, they complimented me and moved on with their lives.

Had I thought much about which topic to write about, I might never have started a blog in the first place.

I wrote about whatever I wanted. But, most importantly, I sat my butt down and started writing. You will eventually pick up a niche.

When you are starting, quantity matters more than quality. Focus on quantity first. Quality will follow. The same applies to your niche.

Write about multiple topics, and you will eventually find the right one. You will identify it from various factors like:

-Your audience responses.

-Your ability to write about that particular niche.

-Whether you like writing about it.

-Your writing habits.

They all add up, and you will know your perfect niche.

My friend once asked me if I had plans to write a book. I told him I would write one after I had written 100 blog posts because I would have found my niche by then.

I did write an ebook after completing 100 articles. But I hadn’t really found my niche then. I found it later, after about 150+ articles.

Final thoughts:

I’m not saying that you shouldn’t niche down at all. I’m saying that figuring out your niche shouldn’t stop you from writing what you want.

It’s similar to the “do something” principle that Mark Manson mentioned in his book “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck”. It says that action isn’t just the effect of motivation; it’s also the cause of it.

Most of the time, the lack of motivation stops you from taking action. But in reality, taking action can lead you to the motivation you have been seeking all along.

So, don’t find your niche first and then write about it. Instead, write about what you want first, and then you will find your niche.