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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 26 Nov 2019
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    Patrick McKenzie Retweeted Visakan Veerasamy

    The first million words are the hardest.https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1199206638458036224 …

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    Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv
    A version of this that happens to me guy: writing advice pls me: write 100 posts guy: ur kidding me: im not [some time later] guy: ive written 10 posts. writing advice pls me: write 100 posts guy: ur kidding me: im not guy: how get good faster? me: write 100 posts https://twitter.com/isadwatson/status/1199128117236948992 …
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      2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 26 Nov 2019
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        I am responsible for helping people write more effectively at work, and so sometimes I get asked "What is your *process* for writing?", and my answer is: "I can answer that, but you likely won't enjoy the answer or operationalize it, and I think it's probably not important."

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 26 Nov 2019
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        The right process for you is a process which gets you to write 250k words this year. It's almost inconceivable to have delta in a process which would make 250k words with Process A less successful than 25k words with Process B, but that level of difference in output is legion.

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      4. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 26 Nov 2019
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        "No really, what is your process." I mull a topic in my head for between one day and a few weeks, verbalize half-formed thoughts out loud (disturbing passerby and/or my wife), then one day get coffee, write like a man possessed for 6~12 hours, two editing passes, publish.

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      5. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 26 Nov 2019
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        "What, no, that couldn't possibly..." Look, I told you you weren't going to like the answer, but this is descriptively accurate for approximately 90% of my written output between 2k and 25k words, including the pieces with the best business results and which I like best.

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      1. Dogs Don't Make Jokes Near Humorless People‏ @MorlockP 26 Nov 2019
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        I wrote my first novel. Then I rewrote it. (draft 2). Then I split it in half. Then I rewrote it (draft 3). Then I rewrote it (draft 4). Then I rewrote it (draft 5). Then I rewrote it (draft 6). 1,000,000 words of writing. Novel #1 won "best of year". Novel #2 won same next yr.

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      1. matt swanson  🤔  🦢‏ @_swanson 26 Nov 2019
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        Replying to @patio11

        tfw when you've only written 100k and it's only gonna get harder :(

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      1. David McDougall‏ @dmcdougall 26 Nov 2019
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        David McDougall Retweeted T. Boone Pickens

        ...but who will be the first old, prolific writer to T Boone Pickens this tweet? 🧐https://mobile.twitter.com/boonepickens/status/207984741260070914?lang=en …

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        T. Boone PickensVerified account @boonepickens
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        The first billion is a helluva lot harder RT @Drake: The first million is the hardest.
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