Part 1: It’s a Practical Way to Improve as a Writer
Have you ever been stuck an a rut of self-doubt… with perfectionism keeping you glued to the spot?
That was me.
I would stare day after day, week after week, month after month, at ONE particular item on my todo list.
“Write article,” was all it said.
It goaded. It tormented me. It laughed at me behind my back.
I wanted anything I wrote to be SOOO good. The best, even.
But I never felt had the skills needed.
And with standards set this high… I couldn’t even get started
“Maybe there was another option?” I wondered.
Something a little easier than this Everest-sized article-writing goal.
I’d seen daily email writing in action through other lists I was subscribed to.
And I knew the standard was “lower.”
Not that they weren’t worth taking the time to read…
But in the sense the emails were more relaxed. Less researched. And didn’t have to be structured in “just the right way.”
Plus, I knew from my own experience of being captivated by them… just how engaging they could be.
I thought, “Maybe there’s something in it?”
So one Friday I decided I’d do it.
I announced it to my LinkedIn followers. And in a couple of FB groups.
The following Tuesday I dragged myself to the keyboad and started typing.
The first email was simply a “what the hell am I doing?” email.
Nothing fancy.
But after way too much proofreading… (yeah, self doubt etc etc)… out it went to my MASSIVE list of 6 subscribers.
Thus began this epic tale of daily email adventures.
I found I was actually able to write these short, personal emails that just focused on one topic.
And it kinda flicked a switch in my brain… making the idea of doing this long-term come more into the realm of doability.
And know what’s the beautiful thing?
I’ve now written 35+ articles as well!
That’s all thanks to daily email.
Because… and this is the most important thing…
Daily email helped me gain the confidence to write… AND to share it publicly.
Not only did I ACTUALLY write. But the writing was going out to REAL people every day.
It wasn’t something that stayed safely cloistered in my Dropbox folder.
Along the way I also discovered that an “article” didn’t have to be what I first imagined.
In fact, every single one of my articles started its life as an email!
My ability to write is constantly improving through the simple act of writing one email every day.
Daily email can be just the catalyst writers who don’t write need… to get writing.
I used to be a “writer who didn’t write.”
But not any more!
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Chris Milham