Stop Acting Like You're Famous

If you want to feel good, brainstorm it. If you want to appear good, test it. If you want to know if you’re any good, ship it.

I’ve been on them all. And I have little to show for it. Online, there is this expectation (usually self-imposed) for writers and communicators. It’s a fallacy, but it doesn’t stop well-meaning people from saying it all the time. The myth goes like this: “You have to be everywhere.” That’s ridiculous. You know who says that? People who are always r

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Don't try to work in a distinctive style. Just try to do the best job you can; you won't be able to help doing it in a distinctive way.

Style is doing things in a distinctive way without trying to. Trying to is affectation.

Affectation is in effect to pretend that someone other than you is doing the work. You adopt an impressive but fake persona, and... See more