My personal story of overcoming my fears of writing and starting a newsletter in 2022

At the end of 2022, I landed on Indie Hackers website and decided to build a part time side hustle while full-time parenting.

After lurking on Twitter among the creators and hustlers, I realized that no matter what you do, build software or an info product, you must write about it online. Writing online builds credibility and relationships and helps run a bootstrapped business successfully in a build-in-public style. I saw Kevon, Dagobert, Tony, and many others creators growing their businesses right before my eyes by writing online.
But I hated writing.
And I knew nothing about writing.

One day, through an Instagram post, I learned about a writing program that changed Ana Lorena Fabrega’s life and turned her into a writer. I immediately opened the link and applied for the program. It was David Perell’s write of passage.
In Feb 2022, I got a WOP scholarship and landed in the most curious, supportive, and kind community of writers (and aspiring writers) on the internet.

Before joining WOP, I wanted to start a newsletter about childhood education and homeschooling. Ana's journey and growth in the past two years inspired me, and I wanted to do something similar.
But you know what? After graduating from the Write of Passage, it took me nine months to send my first newsletter. It was a good nine months of struggle, experimentation, and unpublished drafts as I waited for everything to be perfect before it went online.

On Dec, 16 I sent my first newsletter issue after seeing a message in my chatbox. And today, I published third and last issue of 2022. I finally started a newsletter at the end of year.

I have a written a complete essay explaining my fears of publishing online and I overcame them.

[Here is the complete post.]
(https://open.substack.com/pub/aimenbatool/p/the-rollercoaster-of-writing)

It all started from here, from this website of indie hackers. Just within one year of starting my journey I’ve overcome my fears of writing.

But this year was not only about writing - it was about finding what worked and what didn’t work for me. I will write another post explaining about what mistakes I made as a creator in my first year.

Thank You,
Aimen!