Ugh. I can hear it. Another “but I’m a special snowflake and here’s why I’m not a writer” excuse thinly veiled as a legit reason.
Here it is: “Jonathan, I talk. I don’t write.”
Yeah? And?
I’m a talker too.
I get paid to talk.
and you know what I do?
Write it all down before I say it so I can figure out the best way to say it in the safety of my own imagination before I have to say it for real.
I learned how to do this in high school.
I was a competitive debater. I was in the National Forensics League.
And I don’t like to brag, because it makes me a HUGE nerd, but I maxed out the points I could get for Lincoln-Douglas debate. *
pushes up the glasses (that I don’t wear) to emphasize the point*
Most of my Saturdays were spent arguing with other nerds about stuff like whether or not we should have the death penalty.
Light topics like that.
What did I do before going into the first round for each new topic?
Organize my thoughts. Also called “writing shit down so I can get a handle on it.”
That’s why I say everything is a writing problem.
Figure out how to write better, and everything gets better.
And it’s especially useful if you’re “not a writer.”
You can write 100 versions of your idea before committing it to video when you record your next YouTube video.
Don’tforgettolikeandsubscribeandsmashthatnotificationbellsoyoudon’tmissoutonnewvideoseveryTuesday.
- Write it a bunch.
- Say it once.
- Profit
There you go.
Another excuse bites the dust.
Get to writing why dontcha?
Best thoughts,
~Jonathan