Writing Be ok with that

Your Writing

  • Less than 1% of your writing will be life-changing.
  • 3% will be trivial to write.
  • 4% will strongly resonate with others in a way you didn’t expect.
  • 5% will be quite good.
  • 15% probably should’ve never been published.
  • 26% will elicit a reaction you did not expect. Positive or negative.
  • 28% will become vastly better because you chose to edit.
  • 30% will start as one piece but finish as another.
  • 40% will be good solid writing.
  • 45% will do much worse than you expect when published.
  • 60% of your writing will never be finished. Be ok with that.
  • 100% of your writing is worth your time. 1
  1. Thanks to the folks at the Rands Leadership Slack for reviewing an early version of this piece. ↩
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  1. César 2 months ago

    Illicit for elicit elicited quite the reaction, I will say . Still trying to decide whether positive or negative…

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  2. Disappointment and writing – Herbert Lui linked to this.
    On November 13, 2024 at 9:00 am · Reply