Nicolas Cole says writers trying to monetize skip the crucial step of proving they can deliver real value for free first. Build an audience by helping people without asking for money, then monetization follows naturally.
The funny thing about monetizing is that if you skip the first step, which is just proving that you can write really valuable things to people for free, if you skip that step and you try to rush into monetizing, you actually don't understand why you're not making money. But if you take the time to go, "I am clearly helping people," you have to remember that the more that you do that, the more you increase the likelihood that you can make money later.
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