1,000 Words

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This morning BoingBoing ran an excerpt from John Biggs & Charlie White’s book, Bloggers Boot Camp, about the value of writing 1,000 words a day if you want to have a successful blog.  It’s worth a read even if you don’t blog, because it applies to any kind of writing – and really, any kind of art – you want to do.

I’ve heard this quote attributed to Ray Bradbury – “Everyone has a million bad words inside them.  The question is, how fast can you write through those to get to the good stuff?”  There’s an old Chinese proverb about how you can measure your progress at a skill by the thickness of a sheet of paper every day.  The cool thing about writing, or drawing, is that you actually can stack up the paper when you’re done.

Just don’t forget to edit.

2 Responses to “1,000 Words”

  1. Katrina Lantz

    “Everyone has a million bad words inside them. The question is, how fast can you write through those to get to the good stuff?”

    This explains why I’ve written six complete novels and still suck at writing!! LOL Thanks for the link. I haven’t read the book, but that looks like a really cool site for writer/bloggers. I liked their post about time management this week.

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  2. max

    Hah! If you’re six books in, I doubt you suck as much as you think. 🙂 Maybe at this point you’re starting to suffer from imposter syndrome… BoingBoing is a great place – they inspire me more than is probably healthy. If you’re interested in time management & productivity, Merlin Mann’s stuff (like at 43folders.com) is a nice source-of-inspiration-slash-kick-in-the-pants.

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