Good Writing and Good Ideas
Many people have told me that, "they wanted to write but they can't because they are not good at writing". I always wonder about people who decide their fate negatively beforehand. I mean even in your imagination of possible future how can you sabotage yourself?
So I ask them, How did you know that you are not good? Has anyone told you before? How many times have you written before deciding to call it quits?
Most of the time answer is either of two,
- Not yet started.
- Not many
If you can think independently, you can write. Writing is nothing but putting your thoughts in words. Like any other life skill you have learned before, walking, cycle, swimming, coding, drawing, it gets better with practice. More you do it, better you get it.
Seth Godin has written blog on having good ideas. He writes,
Secret #1 is the biggest one: More bad ideas. The more bad ideas the better. If you work really hard on coming up with bad ideas, sooner or later, some good ideas are going to slip through. This is much easier than the opposite approach.
The goal is not to get good ideas; the goal is to get bad ideas. Because once you get enough bad ideas, then some good ideas have to show up.
Same applies to writing, you keep on writing to clear your thoughts pipeline. One thoughts are given words, new thoughts, good thoughts have to surface eventually.
If you are waiting to start writing, this is your cue. Start now.
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