Floodlights and Goalposts

An online commonplace book

Henry Oliver’s writing advice

Sit your ass in the chair and type.

Everyone has something stopping them from writing. Confronting the blank page isn’t hard because of your circumstances, it’s just hard. For sure, it’s harder for many people, but the advice applies all the same that you need to sit your ass in the chair and type.

Oliver, Henry. https://commonreader.substack.com/p/there-is-only-one-piece-of-writing. July 25, 2023

Writing excuses pile up. But if we admit writing is hard, not because of our circumstances, but because it’s hard, we could make progress.

Just keep telling the story”. – Schubert Green


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