Death Of 1000 Cuts

100 Day Writing Challenge - Day 2

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Jan 3, 2020
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ADVICE

Show Up To Beat Inertia

  • Do keep showing up: returning for Day 2 is the hardest early hurdle many fail to cross.
  • Building the habit of continuing beats perfection when starting a writing practice.
INSIGHT

Lists Lower The Pressure To Create

  • Lists separate practice from perfection, lowering the pressure to produce a finished story.
  • That separation makes lists a powerful machine for generating ideas and connections.
INSIGHT

Diverge Then Converge To Generate Stories

  • Divergent thinking (spreading ideas) and convergent thinking (spotting patterns) are both central to writing.
  • Combining both modes turns random items into characters, relationships, and story seeds.
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