The act of writing is an endeavor to venture into a mysterious realm. Writing is your portal to an unseen world.

In terms of priority, inspiration comes first; you come second; the reader comes last.

Good habits create good writing. Your goal is to live your life in the service of writing should it be your lifelong goal to be a writer.

Zoom in and obsess. Zoom out and observe. You get to choose.

Your unusual north star: Look for what you notice but no one else sees.

Can it go deeper?

My equation is: get a pen, sharpen it; get any piece of paper; make sure you do not erase. Scratch your thoughts. Set distance between you and your ideas.

When you scratch, you assess objectively. When you erase, you create recurrent pathways for undesirable results.

You can write your story on your own. You can speak to an entire generation. You can outrage people.

You can bake the cake. And eat it too.