People tend to gravitate toward their talents. If someone is better at hitting a baseball than catching a football, they’re probably more inclined to pick up a bat in the future. It’s the same with writing. Many writers start out as avid readers. It makes sense. You inhale so many words from others that it’s only natural to want to vomit out your own. But that’s not the only path to writing. Nor is it guaranteed to produce good writing.…
Month: June 2021
There are many ways to give a writer anxiety. People often talk about “the blank screen,” where nothing has been typed yet, and clearing the hurdle of starting feels impossible. Then there’s the idea of perfectionism. And rejection. They go hand-in-hand. Until you separate those hands, get over the fact that your finished product won’t be perfect, and still get rejected. Or being ghosted. Entirely. Not knowing if the person you contacted hated your work so passionately that, instead of…
Three thousand days. That’s how long I have been writing at least 750 words. Not a single break along the way. Three thousand. Seems dramatic, right? In a vacuum, yes. It is dramatic — and a little insane — to keep track of such a streak. But, I’m not the one who keeps it. I’m just the one who tries to keep it intact. Every single day. 3,000 days ago, my friend introduced me to a website that records writing…