Here's how I hit the front page of Hacker News on my first try.

My article "How a Lazy Bitch Like Me Learned to be Productive" hit the #4 spot on HN and brought in over 600 followers on Twitter. I broke down the different aspects that made it so clickable.

https://www.madisontaskett.com/how-front-page-hacker-news/

Let me know if you have any questions I didn't answer in the post!

Thank you @rosiesherry for originally posting.