I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment expressed in this post. A few weeks ago I was inspired by this quote from Why the Lucky Stiff:
> When you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than your ability. Your tastes only narrow & exclude people. So create.
I won't bore you with the blog post I wrote in response, but the gist is that writing (and equally importantly, publishing) is a way of getting outside of your own head to think of a audience. We do it all the time as children but somehow as adults we seem to think we need permission to create something for the public. This has never been true and is doubly not true on the internet.
So write something and don't worry if nobody reads it. That is not the point. That act of writing will have sharpened a little piece of your brain.
> When you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than your ability. Your tastes only narrow & exclude people. So create.
I won't bore you with the blog post I wrote in response, but the gist is that writing (and equally importantly, publishing) is a way of getting outside of your own head to think of a audience. We do it all the time as children but somehow as adults we seem to think we need permission to create something for the public. This has never been true and is doubly not true on the internet.
So write something and don't worry if nobody reads it. That is not the point. That act of writing will have sharpened a little piece of your brain.