{"id":3158,"date":"2011-10-05T11:32:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T15:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=3158"},"modified":"2011-10-05T11:32:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T15:32:16","slug":"talkers-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/10\/05\/talkers-block\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 “Talker’s Block”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seth Godin<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Writer’s block isn’t hard to cure.<\/p>\n

Just write poorly. Continue to write poorly, in public, until you can write better.<\/p>\n

I believe that everyone should write in public. Get a blog. Or use Squidoo or Tumblr or a microblogging site. Use an alias if you like. Turn off comments, certainly–you don’t need more criticism, you need more writing.<\/p>\n

Do it every day. Every single day. Not a diary, not fiction, but analysis. Clear, crisp, honest writing about what you see in the world. Or want to see. Or teach (in writing). Tell us how to do something.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It sounds easy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seth Godin: Writer’s block isn’t hard to cure. Just write poorly. 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