after 12 years of writing, here's everything i know
+ my #1 tip on how to get paid subscribers
Here is everything I know about the craft and business of writing:
Buying a new moleskin notebook WILL NOT MAKE YOU WRITE MORE. I know what’s gonna happen you’re gonna be at some hip bookstore avoiding writing and see that hardcover steel black emblem wrapped tight in cellophane and your brain will say “ah yes, this here notebook is the only thing standing between me and my great american novel!” It isn’t. It hasn’t been, and it won’t be. Do not buy the notebook. You have so many at home that have like five half written in pages of stuff like “car wash but for humans” and nothing else. Also it is way too fucking expensive those things cost like $25 while a rando notebook at CVS costs like $3 or even those nicer decomposition books are only $11. Just please don’t do this not again please why are you grabbing it why are you taking it to the register why are you paying for it NO GOD DAMN IT WAIT Ok yea seeing it up close it is very cool I feel like it could be perfect to outline this new novel I’m working on actually about trees that talk. Or also a children’s book that reimagines snakes as nice animals actually called Nice Snakes yea I’m gonna need a couple new moleskins actually
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My number one writing tip is to procrastinate. That piece isn't going to write itself, and you shouldn't either. Instead, go for a walk. Clean the house. Do a puzzle. Cook. Call a friend. Call a stranger. Call a strange friend. Literally, do anything instead of writing. This is the way.
The more you tell yourself you need to write the more you end up vacuuming. The science checks out. My apartment has never been cleaner.