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Jeff Herring's avatar

Thank you sir. I do believe that’s quotable :-)

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Jamie Northrup's avatar

You are the master of repurposing my friend!

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John Wozniak's avatar

Interesting you should mention that. My second novel came out of the backstory from my first.

My World War 2 Subtack is literally a mindfield (pardon the pun) of opportunities for back stories.

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Fairtheewell's avatar

I'd love to see an example of this, it would really help - like what a pillar would be for a historical figure let's say?

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Jeff Herring's avatar

Checked out your site - so what are 3 pillars of Henry Vll character?

Not a rhetorical - love you to answer here and see what we can build...

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Qi Bing SIA's avatar

Like a decision tree that spreads.

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Jeff Herring's avatar

"a decision tree that spreads" <= brilliant

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Dr Nia D Thomas's avatar

That really works with my brain!! Start with the bigger picture and work down to the detail!

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Jeff Herring's avatar

Dr Nia would love to hear how you use it.

Appreciate you :-)

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Rob Wilcox's avatar

Wow ... that's great info. I just need a bigger piece of paper to track it all now, because I just did the main topic, 3 pillars, and then 3 topics foe each of the 3 pillars, and now totally don't have the space for 6 sub-tips ... lol.

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Jeff Herring's avatar

Rob would a content creation template be helpful?

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Barry Baz Morris's avatar

Simple and brilliant.

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Jeff Herring's avatar

thank you sir!

“keep it simple” is my first rule of online success :-)

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Jeff Herring's avatar

You got it!

Every piece of content has the seeds for more content

And it's a blast (sorry)

My Dad served on the USS Concord in WWll so I'll check out your WWll Substack

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Jeff Herring's avatar

"and now totally don't have the space for 6 sub-tips"

That's a good problem to have, huh?

Would you be interested in a fill-in-the-blanks template for this Rob?

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Lotus Empress's avatar

Thank you for the great tips!

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