the start of an idea
starting well, the beginning of a project, that kind of stuff
sari and
the start of an idea
"Who cares if the first draft is good? It doesn’t need to be good, it just needs to be, so you can revise it. You don’t need an idea to start a story. You just need a sentence"
- George Saunders
(good advice in general)
Andy Weissmantwitter.comsari and
The gap between knowing what you want and going after it is where fear thrives. You don't need enough courage for the entire journey. You only need courage for the next step.
Sometimes, You Have To Say No To Your Friends To Say Yes To Your Work
When asked, Lin-Manuel Miranda says Wait For It is the best song he’s ever written. “I was on my way to my friend’s birthday party,” Miranda explains, “when that idea showed up in my head.” He was riding the New York City A Train when “the whole chorus showed up in my head, all at... See more
When asked, Lin-Manuel Miranda says Wait For It is the best song he’s ever written. “I was on my way to my friend’s birthday party,” Miranda explains, “when that idea showed up in my head.” He was riding the New York City A Train when “the whole chorus showed up in my head, all at... See more
when making things becomes frictionless, starting stops meaning anything.
day 0 is loud. day 2 is real.
“I always say ‘beginnings are easy, endings are hard’. Beginnings get easier and easier [because] there's so much technological assistance [and] so many ways of getting something started like rhythm machines and chord pattern makers.
There are a lot of ways of getting something pretty respectable going quite early on. To quote Picasso, ‘there's... See more
There are a lot of ways of getting something pretty respectable going quite early on. To quote Picasso, ‘there's... See more
the case for slow and anti-hype, via Brian Eno