The Courage to Suck
A Revolt Against the Tyranny of Perfection
Despite creating many positive habits throughout my life I have struggled to consistently write.
There is something in the process of writing that requires us to move through a deep psychological barrier.
Whether you call it writer’s block, the resistance or the inner critic anyone who writes enough will intimately know this experience.
Writing isn’t actually hard.
All you need to do is move your fingers and press some keys on your computer.
What is hard is becoming good at writing.
Of course, good is relative so how do we determine what is good?
One way is to feel good about what you have written.
Another is to get a positive response from those who have read your writing.
The problem is that we often don’t feel good about our writing.
And when we don’t feel good about our writing we are unlikely to share it with others.
There is nobility in upholding a standard for what we publish but early on in our writing endeavors, this standard can paralyze us.
The truth is before you get good at writing you’re going to have to suck.
You can suck in private but you’ll learn much more by sucking in public.
At the very least you’ll develop the courage to be seen in your suckiness which is a skill that extends far beyond writing.
Let this piece be a revolt against the tyranny of perfection and a commitment to publishing even when I feel like my writing sucks.
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