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Asked what his writing ritual is
during a recent webinar, Guy
Kawasaki laughed and said: “Do as I say, not as I
do.” What he tells us to do in APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur,
his new bestseller with co-author Shawn Welch, is to write every day.
If you missed
the last email with highlights from my interview with writer Jeff Goins on
the importance of voice
in writing, read it here. You can download
an edited transcript of
the interview.
As Guy
describes it in the chapter on How to Write Your Book:
“The habit of writing every day controls doubt and prevents quitting.
Maybe it’s only writing a paragraph, massaging your outline or refining
your vomit. Ed note:
this is Guy’s term for what Anne Lamott calls the sh*tty first
draft. If you wait for the perfect day when you’re
financially set; the kids are clothed, fed and making straight As; your
house is in perfect order; and global warming has stopped, you’ll never
write.”
Guy Kawasaki's real writing
ritual
What Guy really does is as follows. To paraphrase his answer on
the Webinar:
“I get up and check my email
and Google+
and Facebook.
Then I decide to follow up on a couple of things. And before you know
it, it’s 10 AM and I need to eat breakfast. Then it’s time for ice
hockey practice. And I gotta pick up the kids from school. And eat
lunch. So now it’s 3 PM and I need to help with dinner. And then it’s
after dinner and finally it’s about 9 PM and maybe then I can sit down
and start writing.”
Have I mentioned recently that I love Guy Kawasaki? Guy has always
been one of my favorite author celebrities. This seals it.
Yours in
writing rituals and in writing
every day.
P.S. I'm on my 68th straight day of writing
every morning. My ritual is the I must write before checking email.
Do you have a writing ritual??
Debbie Weil
Founder &
CEO, Voxie Media
Big Ideas. Short Books.™
email: debbie@voxiemedia.com
phone:
202.255.1467
twitter:
@debbieweil
web: voxiemedia.com
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