THIS!

Texting should be a tool to meet up with people.

You gotta keep it fun, short, simple and try to meet up fast. The longer you talk via the text the bigger the chance of becoming her pen pal or just get ghosted at one point.

I usually try to start with a joke - something to get her laughing. After that keep it playful and flirty and not long essays about what I want in life and what my goals are - you keep that for the date.

I would advise OP to read the chapter about texting from this guid. It helped me a lot with my online dating.