Writing

“I can feel jealous of David Sedaris’s fame, I can feel like I’ll never get to that point, but I should ask myself: am I doing 15 or 20 full rewrite drafts of my essays? Am I pushing myself to search for a universal feeling, for a moment of poignancy, and for a laugh, all in the same piece? Am I doing what he did, in my own way? No, no, and no. I

Salman Ansari • "How to Succeed on Substack"

I used ChatGPT to find role models who had tread this path before me. While I had feared that no one else had successfully combined being a writer with building a valuable business, I learned that I was wrong. Sam Harris, Bill Simmons, Kevin Espiritu, and several other creators had done exactly this—and well.

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Dan Shipper • Every’s Master Plan

7/23/24

Personally, writing is not how I analyze how I feel; writing is how I resolve how I feel. I find it deeply cathartic.

Ava • Why You Should Write More

He said that it’s a very good idea that after you write a little bit, stop and then copy it. Because while you’re copying it, you’re thinking about it, and it’s giving you other ideas. And that’s the way I work. And it’s marvelous, just wonderful, the relationship between working and copying.

Mason Currey • Seek funny leaps

It helps people find you. I like every single person I’ve met through my Substack (over the past four years (the workshops have helped a lot!) I would estimate I’ve met 100+ people who first found me through Bookbear Express and I genuinely liked all of them) and I’ve met some of my closest friends through being online.

Ava • Why You Should Write More

Everyone who’s reading this has some kind of writing practice and most of us could benefit from putting more time into it. Starting this Substack has obviously changed my life and career, but the act of writing everyday for years has also changed me.