Hi Lee,
Nice to steemit-meet you. I am non-CIS. And I really liked the fact that you specified that you are CIS in your first sentence. The acknowledgement of this fact will make some people get into Google and look up what CIS actually means.
I am going to write essays on what I have in my head, since I am a copywriter and I write for 3 ICOs (I prepare white papers, social and forum activities, etc.).
I am planning to work only in the cryptocurrency/ies niches and don't plant to try and cover other things.
I think that just providing commentary on the points that I care about will be extremely useful for me since I think I need to write out around 250 000 words in crypto in order to get to the expert level.
Some of my posts are pretty bland and I am just regurgitating the thoughts of other people, my own thoughts. I don't think that they are very valuable. But I think that it's not feasible for anybody to expect that a copywriter can write out really valuable copy from the very start. You need to go through the immersion process.
So, maybe, you can also read articles and write about the stuff that resonates with you. This will help you get deeper into the crypto field. In 6-12 months you will get the skills that you need to write out good copy for ICOs and other projects.
I don't mean that your English is bad. It's extremely good. The point is that I am not a native speaker and I am sort trying to locate and smooth out the kinks in my flow yet. You don't seem to have any kinks at all.
So, maybe you can do some investigative journalism pieces. For instance, you can write a very big article on what Lightning is and how Steemit works.
I subscribed to you and would love to hear more from you.
I was wondering how me making light of the cis thing would come across. I'm glad to hear you weren't offended and found the positive way to look at it. I think with all the craziness going on surrounding related issues right now, the one thing everyone should agree on is that it's better to talk about it.
I've always wanted to get into proper writing. But I haven't ever pursued it. Life is so complicated, there is always something that needs to get done. I have to comment though that I'm extremely impressed with your command of language as a non-native English speaker, and can only imagine how difficult it would be for me to attain anything comparable in a non-english language.
Your thoughts on finding your groove here on Steemit definitely resonate with me. And I think being able to relate to you on these things is going to inspire me to keep going.
Thanks for reaching out to welcome and motivate me! I appreciate it and will be following you too to see how your journey goes.
Ok, great, Lee. I will following you too. Hope to see some good content. Say him to your Cat from me.
Thanks for the goods words about my English. You have a knack for writing. If you do blogging for 1 year, you might start getting really well-paying jobs. The idea (this is what I will be doing) is that you need to go deep into a particular niche. For me, it's fintech and ICOs in particular.
If you ever want somebody to listen to your thoughts about your strategy and stuff, feel free to text or call me in skype - live:saymynameseo. Just trying to hook up with crypto people here.