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My 3-Step Content Audit System that helped me prime my content for conversion

The system every writer should do once a quarter.

11 hrs ago •

The $960,000 mistake I kept repeating for three years

And what I’m changing from today onward.

Oct 20 •

Module 1: 90-Day Write Grow Monetize Cohort

How to find your Signature Idea (and turn your newsletter into an income stream)

Oct 17 •

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Why Taking Vacations Is The Smartest Productivity And Growth Strategy

Lessons from my three-vacations-a-year rule.

Published on The Irresistible Writer By Derek Hughes • Oct 15

Introducing the 90-Day Write Grow Monetize Curriculum

Turn your ideas into authority, audience, and income, one week at a time.

Oct 13 •

Hey New Writers, 3 Dead-Simple Steps That Took Me From “Stuck” to 969 NEW SUBS in 8 Months

Small actions compounded into real newsletter growth and how you can copy them starting today to crush your goals before year-end

Published on The Online Writing Club • Oct 11

I Run a $1.5M Business and Still Write 30K Words a Month — Here’s My Secret

It isn’t discipline. It’s brain science.

Oct 10 •

3 Ways To Silence Your Inner Critic Before Writing a Single Word

Writing would be so much easier if it weren’t for that pesky inner critic.

Oct 8 •

7 Fool-Proof Writing Ideas I Keep Coming Back To (Because They Work)

An answer to the perpetual question about what to write in your newsletter.

Oct 6 •

5 Practical Ways to Find Your Perfect Newsletter Voice

Learn how to balance warmth and authority so your newsletter connects and builds trust.

Oct 3 •

September was for Storytelling; October is for Online Writing.

A recap of September’s storytelling series and a roadmap for October, focused on online writing that gets read, shared and builds an audience.

Oct 1 •

September 2025

A Storytelling Superpower Most Writers Ignore

This one shift will make your stories 10x more powerful.

Sep 29 •

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