--- title: "The Find Your Right Readers Roadmap" description: "How to find readers who actually need your stories? avoid these 5 mistakes that lead to 0 sales on launch day, writing for an audience of 1 (just your mom), and posting every day for a year with nothing to show for it (even if you have zero platform and hate marketing)" eec_slug: "find-your-right-readers" # Optional italic line under the title, for handling an objection up front. hero_subhead: "How to find readers who actually need your stories? avoid these 5 mistakes that lead to 0 sales on launch day, writing for an audience of 1 (just your mom), and posting every day for a year with nothing to show for it (even if you have zero platform and hate marketing)" # Optional line under the signup button. # social_proof: "Join a few hundred authors who've already started." # Optional label on every "Send me day one" button across the page. cta_text: "Get me started!" # Optional "who's teaching this and why" section. Both fields are independently # optional — set either or both. credibility_heading: "Written by Will Estes, who's..." credibility_bullets: - "Noticed that most advice on selling your book is marketing advice about hustling." - "Believes that most writers want to think about stories, not their next ad campaign." # Optional day-by-day curriculum preview. `label` is optional per item. curriculum_heading: "Here's what's inside" curriculum_intro: "Five short emails, sent at whatever pace you want." curriculum_items: - label: "Day 1." text: "Mistake #1: Writing for everyone who reads books. (Why a smaller target means more hits.)" - label: "Day 2." text: "Mistake #2: Perfecting your book before you start building your audience" - label: "Day 3." text: "Mistake #3: Selling the plot instead of the feeling." - label: "Day 4." text: "Mistake #4: Looking for readers in the wrong places. (Finding the people who need your stories means not talking to the ones who don't.)" - label: "Day 5." text: "Mistake #5: Quitting before the compounding kicks in." # Optional heading above the repeated signup form at the bottom of the page. repeat_cta_heading: "Ready to find your right readers?" ---