[Live Q&A] From Listener to Guest on Your Favorite Podcast

Today: Live Q&A with David Perell 

Have questions about writing online?

Join us today at 12 pm New York Time for a live Q&A with our founder, David Perell. It’s free to join, so bring your most pressing questions about writing, distribution, Write of Passage, David's golf swing, you name it.

Hey writers,

Close your eyes, and you can see it perfectly. The next evolution of you. The you that has “made it.” The you that’s making a difference. 

Many of us feel the deep, instinctual desire to do work that truly matters.  We dream of reshaping someone’s reality with our ideas, or changing the trajectory of their life with our product. Some core part of us wants to make the impact only we can make. To be heard for what we have to say.

Maybe you feel this. Many Write of Passage students have, too. 

Take the story of Cohort 7 alum Corey Wilks. 

Corey went from devout listener to guest on his favorite podcast — Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson. And he did it by simply sharing what he knows.

Rewind: It’s 2020. Corey is a licensed psychologist and has been practicing for years. But he decides he’s ready for more. He sees people building influence online and blazing new paths with their ideas; so, Corey joins Write of Passage to start sharing his own ideas. (His go-to inspiration? The Modern Wisdom podcast.) And once he started writing online, he began to attract Internet Serendipity. 

First, his article was featured in Sahil Bloom’s widely read newsletter, Curiosity Chronicles. Then Psychology Today magazine took notice and made Corey a featured writer. He used his growing audience to launch his own psychology coaching practice. 

All this noise caught the attention of his favorite podcast host, Chris Williamson. 

Just a few years after he started writing online, Corey went from passive listener to guest on the Modern Wisdom podcast.

By writing online, Corey stepped through the screen and into his dream-life. He went from a listener to a guest on his favorite podcast. He went from feeling voiceless to having his ideas heard ‘round the world. Now, he’s making an impact. 

In fact, many Write of Passage alumni are experiencing what it’s like to impact people through their writing:

• Melissa Menke wrote an article that was featured in MIT’s newsletter, which led to a $150,000 grant for her next business venture. 
• Sairam Sundaresan wrote an article that was featured in Wired magazine, which helped kickstart the publishing of his first book. 
• Rachael Tiss met her favorite comedian, Fahim Anwar, after he read an article she wrote about his stand-up. 
• Charlie Becker, Ben Hsu, and Arthur Piszek had viral articles hit the top of Hacker News, which led to a spike in their audience growth. 

The list goes on. What would it mean for you to have your ideas heard, to do work that truly matters? 

Online writers don’t just publish their ideas. They unleash the full power of the Internet, because their ideas work for them while they sleep — 24/7, and all around the world. Writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world right now, and it might be what you’re looking for. 

Like Corey, you can go from being impacted to being impactful. (And psst, we’d love to help. It’s kind of what we do. We help you turn your ideas into exceptional writing and reach people who care about it. Come take a look.)

Here's to making an impact, 

The Write of Passage Team 

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