Just Write
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Just Write
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#2In order for me to take this sentiment serious I have to assume that the author is referring to a select group of people who happen to agree with his worldview and not the masses, otherwise I would have to think that his take is ignorant.
Most people have been “just writing” on the web for over a decade. Look at where it’s gotten us.
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#3In order for me to take this sentiment serious I have to assume that the author is referring to a select group of people who happen to agree with his worldview and not the masses, otherwise I would have to think that his take is ignorant. Most people have been “just writing” on the web for over a decade. Look at where it’s gotten us.
I haven't. I registered on ghost two years ago before turning 40 and have been paying them for two years now while I write nothing. It's hard to get started. I'm hoping to overcome this. This post helps.
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#4an eternal truth, but like all eternal truths, there are many people seeing it for the first time
I would perhaps perhaps articulate it as:
you find your tribe by hoisting a flag and seeing who rallies around.
choose action over perfection - you'll be happier in the long run.
so: write on the internet.
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#5In order for me to take this sentiment serious I have to assume that the author is referring to a select group of people who happen to agree with his worldview and not the masses, otherwise I would have to think that his take is ignorant. Most people have been “just writing” on the web for over a decade. Look at where it’s gotten us.
I haven't. I registered on ghost two years ago before turning 40 and have been paying them for two years now while I write nothing. It's hard to get started. I'm hoping to overcome this. This post helps.
I believe OP is talking about people "just writing" in short form on social media like twitter / FB / etc - getting a few words up without much "thought" behind it and hitting publish.
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#6In order for me to take this sentiment serious I have to assume that the author is referring to a select group of people who happen to agree with his worldview and not the masses, otherwise I would have to think that his take is ignorant. Most people have been “just writing” on the web for over a decade. Look at where it’s gotten us.
I completely agree. Only write if you have something to say. World does not need more pointless drivel, like the linked post.
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#7In order for me to take this sentiment serious I have to assume that the author is referring to a select group of people who happen to agree with his worldview and not the masses, otherwise I would have to think that his take is ignorant. Most people have been “just writing” on the web for over a decade. Look at where it’s gotten us.
I think “writing” in this context is a considered, thoughtful and somewhat more rigorous activity than what happens on social media. If you exclude social media posts, I would not agree that most people have been “just writing” on the web.
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#8In order for me to take this sentiment serious I have to assume that the author is referring to a select group of people who happen to agree with his worldview and not the masses, otherwise I would have to think that his take is ignorant. Most people have been “just writing” on the web for over a decade. Look at where it’s gotten us.
> Most people have been “just writing” on the web for over a decade
This sentiment is also hard to take seriously. Who are “most people”? How would you know who is “writing on the web” and if it somehow represents a majority of humans, or even a majority of humans with home Internet access, which I highly doubt?
I would argue that a very loud, very small minority of people write on the web, which may be the cause of our dysfunction. Encouraging a more diverse crowd to think deeply and overcome presentation anxiety via public long-form writing seems like a good thing.
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#9The internet is overflowing with low quality content and information.
I feel like, rather push the extra mile for a nice blog entry and more people will appreciate it.
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#10I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment expressed in this post. A few weeks ago I was inspired by this quote from Why the Lucky Stiff:
> When you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than your ability. Your tastes only narrow & exclude people. So create.
I won't bore you with the blog post I wrote in response, but the gist is that writing (and equally importantly, publishing) is a way of getting outside of your own head to think of a audience. We do it all the time as children but somehow as adults we seem to think we need permission to create something for the public. This has never been true and is doubly not true on the internet.
So write something and don't worry if nobody reads it. That is not the point. That act of writing will have sharpened a little piece of your brain.