Thank you. I will almost certainly dedicate more time to the subject at a later date. There were many half-developed thoughts that I edited out for no reason other than length. [Which is to say I didn't spend the time developing them because the piece was already slightly longer than I had planned.]
So helpful. Thank you for this. I had several ruthless "choppers" as writing teachers way back in high school, and it has stuck with me. Writing something and getting it out the door beats a dozen languishing drafts every single time.
Emphasize Forgiving yourself, and being free to make public mistakes.
Reality is, people will judge you according to your best 33% of work. When you write something that's trash, people will read it and rapidly forget it, like it never happened.
Here's something I wrote on Twitter today, I (humbly, respectfully) think it might be helpful to you:
Lots of young writers ask me how to find their Voice, how to figure out what to write about.
The answer is, gradually you find yourself as a writer.
It's not a planned brand so much as it is an Emergent Realization of your existing voice, passions, and obsessions.
After you write a lot of unrelated stuff, you look back and start to see patterns.
Some of those patterns embarrass you — you try to fix them.
But a lot of the time, you start to find characters, themes, ideas that fascinate you, and in later works you try to expand on these patterns, to explore them with Depth and Color and Texture.
Anyway, looking forward to reading more of your work!
The best 33% thing is so true. That's my base operating assumption. I've been writing lengthy personal correspondence for years; I'm adjusting to the scope of "internet publishing." Mostly just by telling myself it's generally no different than lengthy letters about various subjects.
Your Twitter commentary is wise. Many thanks for sharing!
Good read, deeply important subject on how the modern Christian church has failed its members.
Thank you. I will almost certainly dedicate more time to the subject at a later date. There were many half-developed thoughts that I edited out for no reason other than length. [Which is to say I didn't spend the time developing them because the piece was already slightly longer than I had planned.]
I run into this same problem all the time — pacing, and the anticipated vs. actual length.
From my perspective, it's better to simply write and publish, than to spend too much time worrying about chopping down content.
So helpful. Thank you for this. I had several ruthless "choppers" as writing teachers way back in high school, and it has stuck with me. Writing something and getting it out the door beats a dozen languishing drafts every single time.
Bro, it's just a process of iteration.
Emphasize Forgiving yourself, and being free to make public mistakes.
Reality is, people will judge you according to your best 33% of work. When you write something that's trash, people will read it and rapidly forget it, like it never happened.
Here's something I wrote on Twitter today, I (humbly, respectfully) think it might be helpful to you:
Lots of young writers ask me how to find their Voice, how to figure out what to write about.
The answer is, gradually you find yourself as a writer.
It's not a planned brand so much as it is an Emergent Realization of your existing voice, passions, and obsessions.
After you write a lot of unrelated stuff, you look back and start to see patterns.
Some of those patterns embarrass you — you try to fix them.
But a lot of the time, you start to find characters, themes, ideas that fascinate you, and in later works you try to expand on these patterns, to explore them with Depth and Color and Texture.
Anyway, looking forward to reading more of your work!
The best 33% thing is so true. That's my base operating assumption. I've been writing lengthy personal correspondence for years; I'm adjusting to the scope of "internet publishing." Mostly just by telling myself it's generally no different than lengthy letters about various subjects.
Your Twitter commentary is wise. Many thanks for sharing!