For almost a year now I have been obsessed with becoming not just a good writer but a GREAT writer.
To be all out honest, writing can be frustrating. There are times I don’t know what to say, how to structure sentences, or even know what to write about.
This feeling of not knowing what to write started to make me think I wasn’t cut out for it. I started overthinking the way I write and worrying how the words will sound on paper. As soon as I started overthinking, I started to write less and lose momentum on all the writing progress I had made.
The past few months though I have realized something. When I chose to write everyday even if it was not perfect, I was able to discover more ideas on what to write about. I have even wondered “has writing ever been perfect?” Do some of the biggest writers in the world like Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, and Naval Ravikant structure their writing based on perfection or progress? The answer is progress.
You see you don’t become a better writer by only writing when you feel 100% motivated with ideas, you become a great writer by showing up and writing every single day even when you don’t have many ideas or thoughts. The more you write, the more ideas you can create.
This same concept applies to getting good at anything. If you want to become a world-class guitarist, you can’t just play guitar when you feel like playing, you have to play every day to become more and more familiar with it. If you want to become the greatest marathon runner in the world, you have to run every day. No, you don’t have to run a marathon, but you should focus on running at least 3 miles each day. If you want to become the greatest quarterback ever, you have to throw a football every day, even if you're just throwing it 20 yards or less.
Small steps daily > Big leaps occasionally
My goal write now is to become a Great writer. I am doing that by showing up every day and writing at least two words.
This Newsletter is the perfect example.
Next week, I’m going to talk about how you can turn the skill of writing into a business.
Luke Collura