I wanted to share this piece here. It feels relevant to some good discussions recently with @danicaswanson @les @markmcclure.eth and others about writing pace—the virtues and benefits of going fast or slow.

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I wanted to share this piece here. It feels relevant to some good discussions recently with @danicaswanson @les @markmcclure.eth and others about writing pace—the virtues and benefits of going fast or slow.

https://open.substack.com/pub/countercraft/p/on-productivity

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I think this is broadly right. Writers have different temperaments. The work is to figure out your particular:

- Voice
- Genre
- Scale
- Pace

The first two are widely discussed. The last two less so.

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This, plus figuring out your scale. 

Everyone has a vantage that feels most natural to them.

Do you paint enormous canvases depicting vast landscapes or a small, intricate look at a single flower.

Do you write sweeping seven-book epics or haiku.

In regards to scale:

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Maybe try a smaller scale? Something really zoomed in. Laser focus.

I struggle with scale. Forever waffling between manageable and epic and falling short of both