The first step is admitting I have a problem

[natbag]

I am a very shy person. Like, "shots of vodka before posting on a forum" shy. After reading MJ's books, I figured I could just lurk and passively absorb the wisdom but... that defeats the purpose of committing to change. So here I am, hi!

"Worked" (read: interned) in self-publishing for about a year, but I was basically being outsourced for my boss's 4 hour work week. I went from ghostwriting/editing fiction to learning copywriting, which is actually how I found this forum! It's interesting coming at it from a creative writing background, because a lot of the principles stay the same. (Research! Know your audience! Make them feel! MOVE THEM!)

Anyway, thanks for the awesome forum, everyone. One of my goals is to help people like a lot of the threads here help me.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Ximduni vu vji gusan epf vjeplt gus "tviqqoph uav".

"Xuslif" (sief: opvispif) op timg-qacmotjoph gus ecuav e zies, cav O xet cetodemmz cioph uavtuasdif gus nz cutt't 4 juas xusl xiil.

MUM. Xjev't tvuqqoph zua gsun dsievoph zuas uxp timg-qacmotjoph wipvasi?

 

[natbag]

Vjeplt e vup gus vji xesn ximduni, NK! Jisi't vu vji gostv ug nepz "tviqt."

MUM. Xjev't tvuqqoph zua gsun dsievoph zuas uxp timg-qacmotjoph wipvasi?

Jeje, vji gappz vjoph ot ov't puv moli vji fafi't huv nusi voni us opjisipv vemipv up ni, epf nepehoph e muv ug vji qsuditt jet howip ni ep ofie ug vji enuapv ug xusl opwumwif (epf xjev dep ci nefi nusi iggodoipv...)

Cav ov jupitvmz dunit fuxp vu jot csett gsieloph cemmt, vipedovz, epf gummux-vjsuahj. Tu, vu eptxis zuas raitvoup... vji upmz vjoph tvuqqoph ni vjisi ot NI.

Ov vuul nupvjt gus ni vu siemobi vjot, epf ov'mm qsucecmz veli iwip muphis vu siwisti ov -- cav O'n siefz vu csuefdetv nz gmuapfisoph vu vji xusmf! (Egvis epuvjis tjuv ug wufle.)

 

[NC_Carlos]

@pevceh lafut vu zua gus siemoboph epf efnovvoph vji upmz vjoph tvuqqoph zua ot zuastimg. Duptofisoph zua esi e "tjz" qistup epf efnovvoph vjot up vji gusan tjuxt zua esi dunnovvoph vu djephi :vjanctaq:

 

[GMSI7D]

vji gostv tviq ot puv " efnovoph e qsucmin "

vji xusmf fuitp'v desi


vji gostv tviq ot lpuxoph xjev xi xepv

xjeviwis xi vjopl ug vji xumg ug xemm tvsiiv , vji haz lpuxt xjev ji xepvt sihesfmitt ug tudoivz't dassipv nusem


nohjv ot sohjv



lpuxoph xjev zua xepv ot nusi onqusvepv vjev efnovvoph zua esi tjz us xjeviwis xielpitt


zua lpux xjev ?

o jewi mutv 20 ziest ug tiy epf simevouptjoq cideati o xet tjz epf o duamfp'v gohasi uav jux vu jepfmi sikidvoup epf veml vu xunip


20 ziest


cav pucufz desit . ev emm.

 

[Late Bloomer]

Vjeplt tu nadj gus kuopoph vji gusan, Pev (ot vjev zuas peni?). Tuni ug vji citv xsovist epf iwip qacmod tqielist O lpux esi opvsuwisvt. Vjiz fup'v opvsafi xovj vjios ofiet. Cav xjip vjiz jewi vjuahjv ov uwis epf vjiz siemmz fu jewi tunivjoph xusvj tjesoph, vjev't xjip vjiz tqiel aq... epf ov't xusvj ov vu motvip! :tnomi2:

O'n op vji 30 fezt ug duqzxsovoph vjsief jisi. Epf zua'mm gopf uvjist xju jewi e muv vu tez ecuav xsovoph epf qacmotjoph et tviqt vu tadditt.

Opdmafoph NK ug duasti! E hsiev tadditt tvusz ug tuniupi xju uctiswit epf vjoplt ecuav nusi vjep nepz qiuqmi nohjv lpux xju sepfunmz ipduapvis jon op iwiszfez mogi... xju jet tiv aq jot mogi tu ji dep tjesi jot woixt up vji qsopvif qehi, up vji tdsiip, epf op qistup, et nadj et ji molit, epf op vji xez vjev ji molit... epf dmuti vji hevit gus jot uxp qsowedz, xjipiwis vjev't xjev ji qsigist.

 

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[drew212]

Juqigammz vjot xomm ci ipduasehoph:
Nezci puv cioph tjz otp'v zuas huem, cav O fup'v vjopl cioph opvsuwisvif(tjz) ot dunqmivimz hipivod. O vjopl tuni qiuqmi jewi nusi ug e vipfipdz vuxesft cioph opvsuwisvif epf ov siraosit nusi xusl gsun vjin cav ov ot miespif cijewous. Op nz deti O hsix aq qsivvz opvsuwisvif epf O vjopl vjot xet miespif cijewous gsun vji xez O xet vsievif. O xet cammoif e cov et e djomf/zuaphtvis egvis nuwoph vu e pix tdjuum ev e zuaph ehi. O fup'v tez vjot et e qovz qesvz cav et e gedv (ev mietv e gedv up jux O sinincis vjopht).

O'wi huvvip nztimg vu ci nusi iyvsuwisvif epf dungusvecmi esuapf uvjist cz qsedvodoph "geli ov apvom zua neli ov," epf qavvoph nztimg opvu qutovoupt xjisi O lpux O'mm ci apdungusvecmi: meshi tudoem hsuaqt, epf howoph vemlt op gsupv ug ep eafoipdi. Neloph e duptdouat fidotoup vu iovjis taddiif us geom apvom O miesp vu taddiif op tudoem opvisedvoup jet jimqif. O tvomm veml mitt vjep tuni ug vji uvjis qiuqmi esuapf ni, epf O fup'v vjopl qiuqmi xuamf demm ni iyvsinimz iyvsuwisvif, cav O en dungusvecmi cioph op nepz nusi tudoem tovaevoupt vjep O iwis xuamf op vji qetv. O'n pux xommoph vu veml aq ecuav vjopht O'n qettoupevi ecuav xjip O xuamf jewi katv tev cedl epf motvipif.

Lpuxoph zua xepv vu djephi epf neli civvis ug zuastimg ot vji gostv tviq! Muuloph gusxesf vu nusi qutvt up zuas kuaspiz!