How I write now

Prefer to listen? Click here! Your browser does not support the audio element.   What writing used to be: An idea came. I wrote. And while I wrote, a lot of thinking happened: Will people understand it? Like it? What feeling do I want to leave them with? Is it...

My only job (yours, too)

  “Not everyone will understand what you write about,” she said, looking slightly worried. “I know,” I said. “That’s because I don’t write for everyone.” My goal in writing is not to be understood, guide, teach, or take someone by the hand. I only have one goal, one...

Ode to Failure

Is nothing working out? Good. I mean, it sucks, but also … When nothing works out, everything cracks open. Space. Opportunities. Freedom. There’s nothing to lose—nothing’s working anyway. You’re free to launch a different way, to market without following rules, to...