No, I’m not talking about sex. Though if you’re lucky enough to be getting that much sex, it probably won’t hurt your creative expression.
But no, I’m talking about writing — you have to write every day. Billy Mernit recently posted an article on this all important habit of professional writers. I’ll admit it’s not a habit I’ve acquired just yet, but I’m working toward it.
Mernit starts his article with a Woody Allen quote: “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” He continues:
How to become a writer? Someone who not only starts projects but finishes them? Someone who’s always learning the craft and getting better at it? A for-real, do-it-for-a-living, legitimately call-yourself-a-writer?
The answer’s so obvious, so hiding in plain sight, that I feel silly going on about it, so I’ll try to make this brief. I can give you the whole thing in four words:
Do it every day.
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