Several writers that I respect publish daily. Seth Godin. Tyler Cowen. My mutual Julie Fredrickson, who recently wrote about her six-year journey of publishing daily.
“Whenever I see a new person who blogs every day, it’s rare that that never goes anywhere or they don’t get god. That’s like my best leading indicator for who’s going to be a good blogger.”
—Scott Alexander (Dwarkesh Patel Podcast, via the Inkhaven website, via my friend Katherine, on the occasion of Inkuary)
I don’t want to commit myself to anything in particular at this time, but I’m intrigued by the idea of writing daily.
I like that this “notes” platform I’ve made is a bit freer and less subject to scrutiny than my main blog post. I doubt anyone or that many people are reading what I write here, right now. (Although let me know if U are.)
I like that I can write shorter notes, off the cuff, and link to them later, or grow them into something bigger if I want to. I know how to do that. I’ve gained that skill as a writer.
I like that I can write as many posts as I like, at whatever volume I want, about whatever topic I want, without worrying if I’m bothering anyone or publishing too fast or taking up too much space. I’m not sure I should feel that way on my blog, but it seems I do at some level. And certainly I worry about that on Twitter from time to time, even if I try not to let that constrain how I post too much (e.g. when I write draftposts).
I’m really proud of the writing on my blog. The informational blog posts. The short stories. The erotica, even, which U have to go looking for, or know about.
And—I always want to stretch myself as a writer. It’s my craft. My core gift.
This platform feels like an excellent learning context for that.
I could see myself writing 100 of these. Do 100 thing! But I’ll just finish this piece, and see what I write for now, and see what sticks. I’m glad to have this as an option, in any case.
i want to read and write 10, 100x more than i currently am