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Using myLot as a Writer’s Workspace

Using myLot as part of a writer’s online workspace is an interesting idea to explore except for one common problem. It is very distracting. Responding to several topics on myLot that will not contribute to a writer’s overall goal is surely a serious distraction. Trivial matters simply do not deserve a writer’s attention.

The first thing an aspiring writer in myLot should do is to divorce his motivation to earn from posting comments and his motivation for writing something for himself or his own benefit. The two are not the same. The former is nice to have, but not necessary. The latter is a matter of personal importance and much more valuable than a $10 payout.

Clarifying your priorities should deal with this urge to reply to everything. And the best way to have priorities is to start discussions on topics that you feel is important to you. The problem of getting responses to your discussions will be solved later once you made a conscious choice of how to use myLot to advance your personal goals.

With his own discussions started, how does an aspiring writer deal with all the clutter in his online workspace? First of all, you need to recognize that myLot is one big collection of online scratch papers filled with people’s writings. This is understandable because it is a public workspace.

The trick in utilizing myLot effectively is focusing on your own workspace. You can do that from your profile page. I understand that this may be an awkward suggestion knowing that most myLot members have their paid-to-click (PTC) banner ads posted on their profile pages. For now, no drastic action is needed. Just scroll down to your “discussions i’ve started” sortie and you are good to go.

So, you have your discussions. You have your priorities. And you have your workspace. Now is the time to start writing.

2010
05/14
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Proposition: Anybody Can Write a Book

I propose that anybody can write a book especially those who are online most of the time and actively posting in forums. Indulge me as I explain.

Let us suppose that a typical full-length book has 100,000 words. Posting regularly at myLot (a pay per post website) to you reach the $10 payout will result in about 300-500 posts. If you average 50 words per post, you practically have enough word count for a quarter of a book. Repeated enough times and you’ll have book written without even knowing it.

Of course, it’s a book about your view of the world. But this is another problem that can be easily solved. In any case, reaching the target word count is the first step. Realizing that you can easily reach this milestone should make you think about this possibility.

2010
05/14
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