on writing

A distant second, only after you've established a recurring writing practice, is to seek out and read great writing. Your kind of great writing. Writing you can't get enough of. Writing that sticks to your bones like warm soup on a cold day. Be curious and playful about why you love it so much, what makes each word so whimsical. Read it and reread... See more

"You get better at writing by writing. Show up to the keyboard every day and write a lot of words (aim for 1,000) and keep doing it and keep caring and you'll get better. Be willing to suck for a long time. Commit to the difficulty. Commit to a decade of obscurity. Fall in love with the unsexiness of the long haul. Success is mostly doing something... See more