What Should You Write?
In The Work of Art by Adam Moss, music producer Thomas Bartlett says,
“We are blind to our own essence, you know? And one of the things I try to do as a producer is to get people to do what comes to them the most naturally, because people underestimate that thing about themselves. Like the thing that feels like breathing is not that interesting, you know?”
In his latest (and highly recommended) newsletter Counter Craft, author Lincoln Michel writes,
“The stories that I thought were the most unpublishable are the ones that have been accepted by the best magazines and the weird ideas I thought no one would like are the ones that have resonated the most. On the flipside, the times I’ve tried to write to the market have all been failures.
“My point here is that if you, dear reader, are getting caught up in worrying about what agents and publishers are supposed to want… maybe don’t? Maybe just write that thing that only you can write, the thing that gathers up all your obsessions and ideas in one place. Because that just might be the book that makes you stand out. And even if it doesn’t pan out—the writing life is very hard no matter how good you are—at least you’ve made something that only you could make.”
Write the thing that feels like breathing.
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