Writing – Advice from Johanna Rothman

Stephan

3 years ago

Just before Christmas (2020) Jabe Bloom asked this over on Twitter::

What is the maximum amount of time “writers block” can last? I mean it has to wear off after like a year or two? Right?

Asking for a friend (who is “writing” a dissertation)…
— Jabe Bloom (@cyetain) December 23, 2020

Johanna Rothmann‘s answers were short and easy to understand (but maybe hard to actually do):

15 minutes. You sit your butt in the chair. You put your fingers on the keyboard. You write, "Johanna made me write this down and I hate her" until you start writing your work. You then delete all the Johanna stuff. /1
— Johanna Rothman (@johannarothman) December 23, 2020

15 minutes a day. 250-300 words. Every single expletive-deleted day. Start now. No coffee. No tea. You can pee if you really need to. Start the damn writing. /2

After all this, want me to let you know when I open my book writing class? 😀
— Johanna Rothman (@johannarothman) December 23, 2020

I (publicly) agreed…

Yes!
— Stephan Kämper (@S_2K) December 24, 2020

…and am now signed up to be informed when the book writing class opens.

It already showing some effect: I’m (re-) starting to update “Fast Feedback Using Ruby” (for the just released Ruby 3). 🙂

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