On Idea Hoarding

whenever I have a good writing idea, I’m tempted to save it for “later,” for “when I’m ready,” for “the right project”...and then I remember Annie Dillard’s advice:

One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for a

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... before you head off onto another webinar... into another event...

... looking for yet another “Big Idea”

Please allow me to share some insight.

Ideas and visions are not free like some fantasize. They go into a ledger of our lives, much like a series of credit card bills.

Action on these can pay the interest (unless the action is more ideas in wh... See more

The barrier to bring any idea to reality is to admit that the way that you do so might be inadequate. It is to acknowledge that you may not do that idea justice, but that you are going to create anyway. Because as soon as an idea is created, it is now something . Something that can be held, touched, read, looked at, questioned . And it’s far for mo... See more