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Writing Paywalled Posts is Sooooo Much Easier Actually
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Writing Paywalled Posts is Sooooo Much Easier Actually

It only seems harder sometimes because it's hard to believe how easy it is

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Mar 23, 2025
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I’ve written eleven paywalled posts now (this is the twelfth) of various structures, on various topics, receiving various levels of interest, etc etc etc, which makes me a paywalled posts expert. And I have learned that writing a successful paywalled post is much easier than writing a successful public post. This is counterintuitive to me. Sometimes I make writing paywalled posts harder than it has to be, because I either forget or just can’t believe that it’s inherently structurally easier. Do you know why?

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