Nine things to know about yourself so you write more stuff people want to read

Having written my thoughts online for about fifteen years, I am convinced that our best writing reflects how well we understand ourselves.

The more in tune we are with ourselves, the more the work resonates.

And resonance is everything in good writing.

What do I mean?

You need to expect resistance.

You will find a hundred reasons not to write today.

Writing is rarely a completely enjoyable process, but the battle is won when we correctly manage expectations.

Expect resistance, and then enter the arena to play regardless.

You can write into the resistance.

Your insecurities force you to write stuff no one wants to read.

When we feel we need to hide something about ourselves, we revert to vague concepts and vanilla standpoints.

It’s like taking a blunt spoon to find dinner under a lake of thick ice. To cut through, we must be willing to drop the crap and cut to the finer details.

Treat writing as a powerful form of self-therapy. Every line strips a layer.