“Show me your bad writing” says Seth Godin➹.
Seth is talking about writers’ block. He says it doesn’t exist. What we get stuck on is self-judgement. A fear of how our writing will be received by others. So procrastination sets in.
The solution is to do your bad writing (if seeing it that way is what it takes). Then, says Seth, if you do enough bad writing, it will turn into good writing. Or you’ll discover that it’s not what you’re supposed to be doing.
So here it is.
Building a new habit. It’s shaky at the start.
“Keep going” says Austin Kleon➹ in his book called … er … Keep Going.
So, I published my first blog post.
It was short and sweet – just seven words. The purpose was to get over that initial resistance to writing and publishing.
The most important part of starting a creative career, is the starting.
It’s important to hit the ‘publish’ button. To get over that inertia and slay the monster of impostor syndrome.
The first time I published, it was scary; but the second time was exciting! It’s so much better than all that plotting and planning and thinking about what might be.
I am a writer.
And writers write.
The Productive Creative 