tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post3783254318769327713..comments2023-10-30T22:39:14.941+11:00Comments on Jonathan Gould, Writer: This is the best post I've ever writtenJonathan Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169533695637011148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-22064126747881100262015-03-27T13:36:40.707+11:002015-03-27T13:36:40.707+11:00Hey Jim. Half an hour is usually what I have to wr...Hey Jim. Half an hour is usually what I have to write my "doozies."Jonathan Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169533695637011148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-10302242414098393392015-03-27T03:15:41.077+11:002015-03-27T03:15:41.077+11:00I don’t think it’s a bad thing to say the words ou...I don’t think it’s a bad thing to say the words out loud: “I am good.” Or whatever. Clever. Funny. Smart. It makes it real. I can write. There was a time when it took effort to write but now give me a topic and I’ll happily rattle off a thousand words even if I know nothing about it. I’ll write about knowing nothing about it. And I’ll be witty about it and clever because I’m witty and clever and that’s nothing to be embarrassed about. Sitting down every week for four years <i>has</i> to have an effect on you. Practice may not lead to perfection but it will take you in the general direction. It’s the whole “fail better” scenario. Once writing a post that was a doozie would’ve been an achievement. Now I bet you rattled that off in half an hour. Doozies ain’t what they used to be. So we aim a little higher and dream about the next four years.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com