Social Media for Those Who Hate Social Media

Social Media for Those Who Hate Social Media

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In this issue, agent Amy Collins helps writers make the mental shifts necessary to make the most of social media while still being able to write and find publishing success.

"My main focus of what I know about social media is how overwhelming it can be," says Amy Collins. "How much of a time drain it can be. And I also know how incredibly helpful it can be. And how it can lift your platform and your connection with your readers in a way that, before social media, we really didn't have available to us."

For Collins, a key part of making social media work for writers is to make subtle mindset shifts from what we think social media is about to what it actually is about. For instance, many writers think social media usage should be all about them and their careers.

"When it comes to attracting readers and connecting with readers, social media is not for us," explains Collins. "It's something we're doing for other people. We're trying to be of service. Social media mainly is a way where we can show that we want to be helpful and that we are attractive. We are not trying to promote ourselves on social media; we are trying to attract readers."

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From Your Writer's Digest Editor: Robert Lee Brewer

Robert Lee Brewer is a senior editor for Writers Digest and former editor of the Writer's Market book series. He is also the author of Smash Poetry Journal and Solving the World's Problems. Little known fact: Robert met his wife while workshopping poetry on social media.