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Jon Auerbach's avatar

I think your takeaway is spot on. Of course the follow-up question that a lot of us ask is "how do you get people talking?"

But the lesson I've learned with perhaps improperly chasing success stories over the years is that there is no formula to follow. We should take each success and failure that we read about (and our own) and try to learn something from it.

Also super interesting to read about Neil Strauss's NFT; interesting to see how things progress.

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Kyle Rutkin's avatar

Totally!

And how do you get people talking? Haha. That's the million dollar question, that "thing" inside your work that sparks an emotion, that "big idea" or "shocking twist" --- Who knows. But it can be the difference between someone shouting your book from a mountain top or just giving you a 3 or 4 star review and moving on.

Neil is awesome. I'm def following that project. Check out his twitter. He did a really good thread on it.

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Elle Griffin's avatar

Yes, how do you get people taking? These days the performance art aspect of how something is published is more important than what is published! And I find that very interesting!

Neil is a good example here, though I’m sure people will read his work too. I’m very curious to see how this space evolves!

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