The Only Writing Goal That Actually Matters

Being a professional writer is always challenging. Just when you think you have it all figured out, life shows you that you don’t.

As much as possible, I want to become a more efficient and effective writer. I get stuck and hung up sometimes on minor problems with my writing:

• I care too much about minor errors

• I over analyze what I’m going to say before I say it

• I second guess what I’m trying to say

All of this translates to slowing me down and “analysis paralysis.” Honestly, I enjoy just speaking my mind when I write. That’s the fun part of writing to me.

As Nietzsche said:

“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in whole books—what other men do not say in whole books.”

I’d love to do the same thing. Saying more in a few sentences than what the average writer says in an entire essay. That’s my goal I’m striving for right now.

I think this approach could benefit a lot of other writers or even the average person:

Communicating more effectively by getting to the point faster.