"Writing is like running. It never gets easier, you just get better at it."
@level5leaders said this in his recent conversation with @tferriss
And I think it's a profound idea that deserves some exploring.
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@level5leaders said this in his recent conversation with @tferriss
And I think it's a profound idea that deserves some exploring.
Thread...
1/ Starting out
When you start running, say you can run a 10-minute mile.
Six months later, you can run an eight-minute mile.
Running an eight-minute mile feels just as hard as your initial 10-minute mile.
BUT, running a 10-minute mile now feels much easier.
When you start running, say you can run a 10-minute mile.
Six months later, you can run an eight-minute mile.
Running an eight-minute mile feels just as hard as your initial 10-minute mile.
BUT, running a 10-minute mile now feels much easier.
2/ It never gets easier
No matter your experience as a runner, running your fastest will be painful.
But this is how you make progress: continuing to push the edge of difficulty.
If you only try to run 10-minute miles, you'll never improve.
The same goes for writing.
No matter your experience as a runner, running your fastest will be painful.
But this is how you make progress: continuing to push the edge of difficulty.
If you only try to run 10-minute miles, you'll never improve.
The same goes for writing.
3/ Recognizing progress
With writing, it's harder to gauge progress. Every session is difficult.
But becoming a better writer simply comes from writing more.
Your skill improves every time you put pen to paper.
Here's the kicker: it's okay to occasionally run 10-minute miles.
With writing, it's harder to gauge progress. Every session is difficult.
But becoming a better writer simply comes from writing more.
Your skill improves every time you put pen to paper.
Here's the kicker: it's okay to occasionally run 10-minute miles.
4/ Accepting the occasional mediocrity
As you become a better writer, your old A+ stuff becomes your new B+ stuff.
What used to take hours of strain is now effortless.
And for many things, B+ writing is good enough.
Most "great" writers just wrote B+ stuff for a long time.
As you become a better writer, your old A+ stuff becomes your new B+ stuff.
What used to take hours of strain is now effortless.
And for many things, B+ writing is good enough.
Most "great" writers just wrote B+ stuff for a long time.
5/ Summary
Writing your best stuff never gets easier.
But writing good enough stuff DOES get easier - that's the reason to write every day.
Writing a quick B+ idea has more leverage than a slow A+ idea.
Many B+ ideas lead to a few A+ ideas.
And you only need a few A+s!
Writing your best stuff never gets easier.
But writing good enough stuff DOES get easier - that's the reason to write every day.
Writing a quick B+ idea has more leverage than a slow A+ idea.
Many B+ ideas lead to a few A+ ideas.
And you only need a few A+s!
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