Mastering Flutter Written Content

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Mastering Written Flutter Content Contributing to the Flutter community through the right set of articles Pooja Bhaumik GDE Flutter, SSE (Bounce) @pblead26 medium.com/@poojabhaumik Deven Joshi Senior Developer, BaitFinder @DevenJoshi7 medium.com/@dev.n

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Rubber Duck Pooja Bhaumik GDE Flutter, SSE (Bounce) @pblead26 Writing articles as a way of learning something new and using the rubber duck technique as a way of writing better content.

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Why Rubber Duck? Pooja Bhaumik GDE Flutter, SSE (Bounce) @pblead26 Writing articles as a way of learning something new and using the rubber duck technique as a way of writing better content.

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Why Rubber Duck?

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So what do you write about? Difﬁcult concept in Flutter? No good content around XYZ topic? Found a great way of doing things?

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So what do you write about? Difﬁcult concept in Flutter? No good content around XYZ topic? Found a great way of doing things?

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Writing Opportunities Difﬁcult concept in Flutter? No good content around XYZ topic? Found a great way of doing things?

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Moving from Android to Flutter Plenty of writing opportunities because Flutter was an unknown territory to most of us.

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Difficult Concept: Layouts in Flutter

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Difficult Concept: Layouts in Flutter Writing Opportunity

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No good content + Difficult concept Writing Opportunity

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Better way of doing things!

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How to start writing ? No hows and buts, just start writing!

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Just start writing!

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Step One:

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Research & collect info Finishing the article is faster when you know what you need to write

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Demo Project + “Efficient” Steps + (or) Sub-topics +

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And now even DartPad…..

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And even CodePen…..

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And even CodePen…..

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Complete a draft article You don’t have to be a grammar nazi right from the beginning

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Find your writing style Figure out your comfortable way of teaching. PS. Also it’s now time to be a grammar nazi

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Or Pivot! Maybe writing itself, is not your comfortable way of teaching.

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Done writing! Now? Now it’s time to ﬁnd a home to your article and publish!

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Dive Deep Deven Joshi Senior Developer, BaitFinder @DevenJoshi7 Exploring a concept to the most fundamental of levels

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Stage I: Ideation

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Rule: If you want to write your first article, forget about rules. ● Article ideas can originate from various sources - for me they mostly come from problems and bugs I face in my work / experiments. ● Don’t waste a day thinking about what you could write about. Try something new and watch fresh ideas appear in your mind. ● Don’t worry about being original.

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When in doubt, start a series

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Stage II: Decide Type Of Article Announcement? Opinion? Reference? Experiment?

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Rule: No article can be appealing to everyone. ● Some articles are amazing one-time reads. Some articles help you solve something when you’re stuck. ● Understand when your article might be read by the reader. ● I tend towards making what I call read-and-refer articles which tend to be as exhaustive as possible exploring mostly unknown concepts.

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Stage III: Choose Publication Platform

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Rule: Not all platforms are created equal. ● Platforms like Medium, LinkedIn, Dev.to or your own blog inﬂuence your structure, length, reach and even content. ● LinkedIn articles tend to be on the shorter side, Medium articles are.. well.. Medium-sized and your own blog gives you more freedom. ● SEO is a massive factor to consider. Even though Medium has drawbacks for sure, it offers SEO beyond other platforms.

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Stage IV: Define Your Audience

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Rule: If you know who will read what you write, it increases the chance of them liking it. ● An article can be written for the general audience - but targeting it towards a speciﬁc audience helps reach quite a bit. ● Speciﬁc targeting also helps you decide the technical level of the article: don’t use heavy terms in beginner articles, don’t over-explain in articles for professionals.

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Stage V: Write!

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Rule: Be yourself. You don’t need to imitate others when trying to express what YOU have to say. ● If you have followed a procedure till this point, writing isn’t riddled with difﬁculties. ● Make sure your language isn’t overly hard or so simpliﬁed that your point stops being concise. ● If your article is code-heavy, show as less code as possible.

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Stage VI: Distribute

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Rule: The people you share your work with make or break your article. ● Share your article with relevant groups over your own friend circle. ● Make sure your article reaches people who are interested in Flutter so that algorithms can make the association. ● Use social media well - spamming may ban you from groups.

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Thank you Pooja Bhaumik GDE Flutter, SSE (Bounce) @pblead26 medium.com/@poojabhaumik Deven Joshi Senior Developer, BaitFinder @DevenJoshi7 medium.com/@dev.n See your articles in the Flutter community!