In the past I have written books; mostly technical stuff - some of it moderately remunerative. For technical books/articles it's easy: provide information that people need and can't easily obtain. Obviously, they need to be the type of people who are willing to read. If not, then a video might be a better choice of medium.
For fiction, you need more imagination and it's not easy to predict what will sell. I helped an up-and-coming author called Owen Mullen to succeed but he and his wife did all the hard work of writing "whodunnit" stories. For a guy who was a working class Glaswegian, he's done really well.
Also consider J.K. Rowling and her "Harry Potter" series. Unfortunately, I had no hand in her success but it's worth reading about how she (allegedly) achieved it.
So, my answer is this: look at how successful people do it and copy their strategy.
And modest, too; you forgot modest.
In the past I have written books; mostly technical stuff - some of it moderately remunerative. For technical books/articles it's easy: provide information that people need and can't easily obtain. Obviously, they need to be the type of people who are willing to read. If not, then a video might be a better choice of medium.
For fiction, you need more imagination and it's not easy to predict what will sell. I helped an up-and-coming author called Owen Mullen to succeed but he and his wife did all the hard work of writing "whodunnit" stories. For a guy who was a working class Glaswegian, he's done really well.
Also consider J.K. Rowling and her "Harry Potter" series. Unfortunately, I had no hand in her success but it's worth reading about how she (allegedly) achieved it.
So, my answer is this: look at how successful people do it and copy their strategy.