By: K9 strategy+design

K9 strategy+design — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:19:14 +0000

Yes great post and thank you for this as I can end up in the ‘don’t write anything’ for too long. Writer Julia Cameron of The Artist’s Way – promotes writing 3 pages every day no matter what – For me, s
ome days it is a recount of the day and gratitude lists, but to your point – now that I do this every morning – what starts off as gibberish ends up as content for my audience. Thank you for your posts. I get great value out of them and I aspire to be as consistent and valuable as you are.

By: ianharris

ianharris — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:45:48 +0000

Great post. It also helps to remember that writing is the only creative endeavour where you’re expected to start from scratch.

Think about it. Musicians, chefs, designers, software engineers: people who build things almost never start from scratch.

They take components and glue them together, filling in the blanks as they go.

If you’ve ever watched a graphic designer work, most of the backgrounds, icons and badges they use come from stock websites.

Coding is another creative process where it’s considered wasteful and ignorant to start from scratch (code libraries etc).

Almost any creative process that you care to name starts with something to build on, so why should writing be any different?

A few years ago, I decided to try to apply this concept to writing.

Now, I use a method where I have a swipe file of material (stories and anecdotes) that I constantly repurpose. I wrote a book on this – you can get it free at leanpub – just drag the price slider to zero https://leanpub.com/hookedonyou

Comments on: Friday Q&A: How to Cure Writer’s Block

By: K9 strategy+design

By: ianharris