Trying to Improve at Writing

Unfortunately I am saddled with the lifelong desire to write, like, literature. When I try to ignore that I want that, I get “trying to write literature” pica, and tweet incessantly. I think I have come to terms with the fact that I probably won’t accomplish “writing literature” and that I can try anyway, especially because trying makes me much less annoying for other people around me.

You’ve read my posts, obviously I am not gonna just suddenly produce literature by writing more and getting lucky. If I’m going to succeed here, I need to actually get better at writing. Andy Matuschak talks about how athletes and musicians pursue virtuosity in fundamental skills much more rigorously than knowledge workers do, and how knowledge work rarely involves deliberate practice.

In the past quarter-ish, I’ve tried a lot of stuff to get better at writing.