Its interesting, as I started this experiment, one thing I’ve tried to do is see my skill in writing something freeform. By freeform, I mean there is no big statement in front of me that says TOPIC: WHY BLAH BLAH BLAH LEADS TO BLAH BLAH BLAH.
I’ve written like that for years, to the point it is easy for me. To finish something like that, all I need is the topic, google, some of the subject matter in front of me, and about an hour or so to put it together with my thoughts. For reviews, it took a little time to soak in the material, but once it was in there, it was a matter of following that very same process to churn out 650 – 1000 words on said topic. In short, it was writing by numbers, and I am pretty good at it.
Even with these links I had been putting up in the recent weeks, it was easy. Topic is ahead of me, and I jsut sat with the material for a bit, looked at it, added my own spit, and then deposited the link for the public to digest. Now, make no mistake, I enjoyed the links that I put here, and people like Seth Godin, James Altchuer, Chris Guillebeau and Tim Ferriss are people to look up too. They are powerful people with thier own point of view, tons of readers, and various reasons to write.
But I knew, as a person, I have to learn how to develop like they did. I can’t be a follower forever. I was inspired by their blogs to get off the snide and make something happen, which leads me to this post.
I have had a hard time writing these posts. Its hard to go out and discover those thoughts. Most people give up, or feel like they just aren’t cut out for it. Even writing that last sentence doesn’t mean I still won’t. But it does mean that I am trying. This has been a learning process, and it continues to be one. There is a lot of failure left to experience and I have to find out if I can take it without breaking.
The last few days the faucet was trickling, and it may still be for a while. I have decided to continue to spend time on this experiment to see if my posts get flushed out. Today was a gain for me, becuase this post started out in the same vein as the last few, and a lot more words came out. Hopefully there will be more like this in the future.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 