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#133: The Practice - A Commitment to Ourselves with Seth Godin

The Mark Groves Podcast

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There's No Such Thing as Writer's Block

There's no such thing as writer's block. What we actually have is a fear of bad writing, he says. The way you get through it is by doing enough bad writing that some good writing slips through. Surround yourself with two or three or four people and do the work. Ship the work. Create the work. Repeat the process. If after 80 days you hate it, you have my permission to quit. It's not for you. But do the practice first and then see if it's working in the outside world. Just begins by making an assertion. I believe people who are dealing with this problem will benefit if they encounter this solution.

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