Quick Success in Writing is Overrated. Play the Long Game Instead

Some careers — like pro sports — are made for the young. Writing is not one of those careers.

Alexander Lewis
7 min readJul 6, 2022
Source: Stencil

When Michael Phelps retired from professional swimming at 31, he was the oldest individual champion in Olympic swimming history. Young success is common in professional sports. The average retirement…

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Alexander Lewis

Finding focus in the age of distraction | Freelance writer with bylines in Adweek, The Next Web, Foundr, and Built In www.lewiscommercialwriting.com