Query Analysis
I start by analyzing what users are searching for and what results currently rank. This tells me what Google thinks the query is about and what format works best.
I stumbled into SEO content writing because I was broke and someone offered me $15 per article. Back then I didn't know what a meta description was.
The first year was mostly trial and error. I wrote thousands of words that never ranked because I didn't understand how search engines worked. I thought more words automatically meant better results.
What changed things was learning to read search console data properly. Once I understood what people were actually searching for and how Google was interpreting my content, everything shifted. Suddenly I could predict what would rank.
These days I focus on technical accuracy and search intent. I don't write motivational fluff or try to sound clever. The goal is to answer the query better than competing pages and do it in a way search engines can parse correctly.
Most of my work involves keyword research, content structure, and making sure the technical side is clean. The writing itself is straightforward once you know what you're targeting.