> I was so blocked this summer that for three months I couldn’t get past writing the title or opening sentence of a post. I got nothing done. It was a complete dry spell.
Heh. This has happened to me twice, and both times have been when I was in a season of highly productive writing, then decided to create a schedule with pre-planned topics to keep the blog going at a steady pace, and... that killed my inspiration and ability to write.
I struggle on publishing to my personal blog for quite some time now.
That’s why I started looking into Substack. Maybe it was just time for another platform.
You'll probably enjoy the discussion of friction coming soon (via Scott Hanselman and Mark Downie)
Looking forward to it!
> I was so blocked this summer that for three months I couldn’t get past writing the title or opening sentence of a post. I got nothing done. It was a complete dry spell.
Heh. This has happened to me twice, and both times have been when I was in a season of highly productive writing, then decided to create a schedule with pre-planned topics to keep the blog going at a steady pace, and... that killed my inspiration and ability to write.
Nice interview btw!