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Welcome to The Irresistible Writer.
I'll show you how to craft compelling words, make people fall in love with your writing and gain a bucketload of money.
Oct 17, 2024
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I’ve Tested Every Trick To Get More Readers—These 4 Actually Work
How I gained 25,000 followers in 24 months
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I Was 51 Struggling On 500 Followers. This Risky Shift Helped Me Quit My 9–5
The foolish rule I swear by
Aug 5, 2025
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The Irresistible Writer Manifesto
The system behind writing that lands, travels, and lasts
Dec 17, 2025
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Derek Hughes
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5 Brutally Simple Moves That Took Me From 0 to 4,300 Subscribers in 11 Months
I grew two newsletters in 11 months (One in a “hard” niche). Here’s exactly how.
Aug 23, 2025
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The Exact Blueprint Behind My Best-Performing Note Ever (12,000 Views, 46 Subs)
The Belief Breaker Blueprint (The format I use when I want to start trouble)
Jan 6
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January is a fork in the road (reset the pattern or repeat it)
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The Simple Way I Turn Repetitive Writing Tasks Into One-Click AI Tools
How I stopped repeating myself (and let AI handle the boring bits)
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The Irresistible Writer Manifesto
The system behind writing that lands, travels, and lasts
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Derek Hughes
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Substack Isn’t Random. These 5 Patterns Took Me To 7,000+ Subscribers
How I grew two Substacks by noticing patterns most writers ignore
Jan 8
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Derek Hughes
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The Lie That’s Keeping You Invisible (Fast-Growth Gurus Don’t Want You to Know This)
Why posting more made my writing worse (and what fixed it)
Jan 1
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Derek Hughes
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The Trust-Building Structure No One Teaches Writers (Use This 3 Line Formula)
Why certain writing gets saved at 2:17am
Dec 22, 2025
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Substack Isn't Changing In 2026 (So You Don’t Need A New Strategy Just This Framework)
The 3 hidden levers behind every growing substack
Dec 11, 2025
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How I Built a $60,000 Writing Business Working 2 Hours a Day
The 9–5 friendly business model (grow an audience without burning out)
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7 Rules That Stopped My Online Income From Feeling Like an Accident
Why posting consistently kept me stuck (and what finally worked)
Jan 15
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The Quiet Move That Changes Your Status as a Writer
The one decision that repositions writers overnight
Jan 12
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She Turned Down Paid Subscriptions. Even When Everyone Said It Was “Easy Money”
Everyone told her to launch paid subscriptions. She said no.
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