Writing About Writing, Vol 10
Be a "Volume Shooter"…
This guy, he was a volume shooter:
What does that even mean?
A lot of people saw Kobe Bryant as a ballhog of sorts. What people were missing is that sometimes overachieving
will come from an outpouring of effort.
Putting up a ton of points on a bunch of shots might be the easiest way
to it.
If you write, then write.
Every time your smartphone comes out, your notes app should be available
within two taps of your screen. MS Word (or whatever word processing application you
use) should be on your frequently-used or shortcutted on your computers.
EVERYTHING can be written about. Writing should be a constant process.
EVERYTHING can be written about. Writing should be a constant process.
Stick to it, stick to it
constantly. Throw a million things at
the wall in hopes that a thousand stick, and fine tune the whole FUCK out of
that thousand. Write until you're tired, but not until you're burnt out.
You will write some things you hate. You will write some STUPID, bitter or otherwise unintelligible shit (on the nights you might have imbibed in your chosen vice), but keep writing. None of those throwaways are anyone’s business but you and God.
You will write some things you hate. You will write some STUPID, bitter or otherwise unintelligible shit (on the nights you might have imbibed in your chosen vice), but keep writing. None of those throwaways are anyone’s business but you and God.
Plan ahead, be consistent with and loyal to it. Everything isn’t for
everybody so never approach anything like it should be. As I write this, there are dozens of posts in
queue that have been there since it was hot outside. I started back up September before last with a 1-per-week plan. That grew to 2-per on the back of a joke that started in the comments section on FB. My lady wanted to play along, we added the food posts, now we're up to three. Somehow, I am giving 4-6 posts a week sometimes and I don't know how. Hell, there are things in my drafts that have been
there since I was married. For every one
of all of those things, some of which are BRILLIANT presentations, there are ten each
that I said “fuck this” and ditched.
So what if it felt like
Kobe shot 50 shots for 25 points a game (a
career 44.7% shooting percentage for someone who played his position suggests that this is absolutely NOT the
truth), the point of it all is that the greatness we will remember for a
long time to come will be from the ones that fell through that damn net.
Keep firing until you get
one through.
Then shoot some more, dammit.
Then shoot some more, dammit.
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