Just like you, I ended up writing nothing after my first cohort. I think I was blocked by the time it took to publish the "core idea" piece.
My braindump usually leads me to having way too many ideas on the first drafts. Which makes the edit seriously difficult as I don't just have kill the darlings, but even review the whole structure around the "shiny dime". As much as I want to prioritize quantity, this blocks me every f**** time.
How do you manage the edit phase then ? Time constraint?
Time constraint for one yes, I publish something every week (no matter where I am in the editing process and I'm obviously never 'done'). But even more so: people. I heavily lean on other people to help me with the parts of the writing process that I suck at. One of them is structure in general and the ballooning of ideas/concepts in essays. At least 3 other people are involved with any of my essays/drafts. Also, I've found it quite helpful to ' keep splitting' meaning all darlings that I deem to be too interesting, bet their own place in a new draft I keep for later, usually even the week after.
…just write it!…
Resonates so much! This is very well put.
Just like you, I ended up writing nothing after my first cohort. I think I was blocked by the time it took to publish the "core idea" piece.
My braindump usually leads me to having way too many ideas on the first drafts. Which makes the edit seriously difficult as I don't just have kill the darlings, but even review the whole structure around the "shiny dime". As much as I want to prioritize quantity, this blocks me every f**** time.
How do you manage the edit phase then ? Time constraint?
Time constraint for one yes, I publish something every week (no matter where I am in the editing process and I'm obviously never 'done'). But even more so: people. I heavily lean on other people to help me with the parts of the writing process that I suck at. One of them is structure in general and the ballooning of ideas/concepts in essays. At least 3 other people are involved with any of my essays/drafts. Also, I've found it quite helpful to ' keep splitting' meaning all darlings that I deem to be too interesting, bet their own place in a new draft I keep for later, usually even the week after.
Thanks for sharing your story here Rik! As the most consistent writer I know, your tale of being frozen really underscores the power of your approach.
You're very welcome Jon! And thank you for being consistently part of my solution :)