How to Write Yourself an iPhone 12

Advice on writing words worth being paid for

The new iPhone 12 comes out this month. And people are going to line up to pay for it. Imagine if the same thing happened with your writing. Source: Apple iPhone 12 Pro homepage, edits by the author.

Ceramic shield glass, blazing fast, two cameras, three if you’re a Pro, look at those curves, oh baby… do I want one? Yes yes yes. Do I need one? No no no. But you know what? A crazy idea dug itself into my head this morning. I could write myself a new iPhone.

How?

You know there are sites now which let you spill your ideas out for cash now right? I’m talking Medium, Substack, Ghost, Gumroad, hell, you could even make your own site and add a link to a Patreon page.

The point being: if you want to create something of value, which scales infinitely, you can.

Oh but that’s where I lose people. They see the opportunity of being a paid writer and get four-year-old about to get on a jumping castle excited but the moment they realise it actually requires writing something worth being paid for (shock), they tap out.

The internet has given birth to a new kind of hunter-gatherer, some have figured this out already, others (perhaps you) are coming around to it.

Knowing this, how about we do a little experiment?

The iPhone 12 comes out in about month for me. And I plan on making enough in that time with my writing to buy one. Will it be relevant…