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Daily Writing Practice: Brilliant or Insane?
The pros, cons, ins, and outs of writing for your audience every day.
Daily Writing Practice - Brilliant or Insane?
Talking Points
- The difference between daily and weekly habits
- How an email list is different from a blog
- Why it’s important to respect privacy concerns in a community
- Why journaling doesn’t count
- How to write about the same thing every day without boring everyone
- How often should you reply to your list
- When to keep a rigid schedule and when not to
Links
- Jonathan’s article about writing daily
- Jonathan’s daily list archive
- Jonathan’s student glossary
- Jonathan’s daily list sign-up
- Philip Morgan’s daily list
- Seth Godin’s daily list
- Bob Lefsetz’s daily list
- Building Community with guest Madalyn Sklar
- The #ASKGARYVEE Show
- Ulysses App
Quotable Quotes
"Writing daily is actually easier than writing weekly" —JS
"I wake up, I put on my pants, I brush my teeth, and I write. It’s just something I do every day." —JS
"Thinking harder doesn’t solve everything." —JS
"Someone who's used to billing by the hour can start to feel like a supplicant. That is not where you want to be as an independent." —RM
"Your idea gets better when more people share it and play with it and give you feedback." —RM
"An email list is a closed community." —RM
"When you write every day, your bs falls away." —JS
"Text is where I play with my ideas." —RM