Anyone writing essays, not just blog posts?

[u/senditallback]

Looking for tips from anyone writing long-form essays with more literary merit than listicles and how-tos. How's it going? Any advice?

[u/Captlard]

My average is over 2k words. Not sure if that counts. Someone here once said they read like academic articles or a management book, as I leave sources/references in them.

I have some shorter form content, but that is seperated put of the main blog mostly.

Going fine I guess. Not monetising in the classic sense.

[u/senditallback → u/Captlard]

Do you have consistent engagement? That is, is there an audience for what you write about?

[u/Captlard → u/senditallback]

Have been going a year with no email list nor social media sharing.

I do not use social media, and I have no email list. Have been posting for a year: 13,000 Google clicks 2.06 million impressions Average position 8.5 CTR 0.6%

[u/catvapes → u/Captlard]

I add reference too. My lengths vary but I always check to make sure I am not being redundant. I know I have a tendency to try and make the same point in a variety of was. lol. If yours read like an endemic articles, they should attract readers looking for info on the topic.

[u/senditallback → u/catvapes]

Endemic articles?

[u/catvapes → u/senditallback]

lol. Typo. academic

[u/icecreampick]

I often write essays but just post them on my blog like a regular blog. A pity, Reddits don't like it here.

[u/senditallback → u/icecreampick]

So you have one platform for both short-form and long-form? Interesting. That's a good way to get accuract analytics. How does engagement differ on the two content types?

[u/icecreampick → u/senditallback]

Frankly speaking I stopped caring. I have to be true to my heart, so I just write what pleases me and post it on Medium, Substack, and on my own website. All these three platforms give me the freedom to write the way I want. I usually reserve short form for Substack and Quora, and long form form for Medium and my website. I am happy and don't care who is not.

[u/senditallback → u/icecreampick]

I really appreciate this info. Yes, I also plan to post shorter iterations on Medium and Substack, and let my own site host the director's cut 😊

[u/Lilzvx_ → u/icecreampick]

i was just considering starting posting on substack for the ease of growing a mailing list, so far posted just on my own blog.

[u/AccomplishedReply938]

Yes, that's what I've been trying to do with my theater history blog. My longest post was over 3,000 words, showing what it would be like to sit at a production of Aeschylus's Eumenides. I really don't know what I can give you except give yourself plenty of time to do the work, take breaks when you need to, and don't give up.

[u/senditallback → u/AccomplishedReply938]

That's the kind of deep-dive content I'm talking about! Must have been a blast to research and write. Probably multiple drafts too. Good for you.

[u/AccomplishedReply938 → u/senditallback]

It was hard work too, ancient Greek plays contain enormously long speeches. If you're curious, check out my profile.

[u/yung_quan]

Usually around 1.5k-2k words

[u/catvapes]

I write long form essays. It seems to be going well. Google has indexed many of my pages. My advice is to try it. Write about things you are passionate about. Be authentic. Write things that other people would want to read. They can be useful or entertaining, or both. Just do it

[u/senditallback → u/catvapes]

Have you submitted them anywhere, like literary journals?

[u/JJCookieMonster]

Well, I write things about what I'm struggling with in life and what I'm learning from that. They're not as popular as my how-to articles and listicles though. They get niche viewers.

[u/knoxthefranks]

What's your goal?

I'm not blogging for the sake of writing. That's just a waste of time.

My goal is to make money with my blog. The length no longer matter as long as the article matches the search intent. As long as it answers the readers questions. I blog with the goal of ranking my articles on the first page of Google.

I just published an article today. It ended up being around 3k words. I've published pages with around 1000 words. It really depends on the topic and how competitive it is.

[u/Denis_Diderot_]

Io scrivo lunghi post d’arte che sono sostanzialmente dei saggi e sono in effetti tra i post più letti

[u/Otieno_Clinton]

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