“The #1 question that writers ask themselves: ‘I’ve got a million ideas.
How do I know which one to work on?’ Answer: Write your White Whale.
Which idea, of all those swimming inside your brain, are you compelled to pursue the way Ahab was driven to hunt Moby Dick? Here’s how you know—you’re scared to death of it.
It’s good to be scared. You should be scared. Mediocre ideas never elevate the heart rate. Great ones make you break out in a sweat.…
Is there a White Whale out there for you? There is or you wouldn’t be reading this book. You’ll know that whale by these qualities: Its accomplishment will seem beyond your resources. Your pursuit of it will bear you into waters where no one before you has sailed. To hunt this beast will require everything you’ve got.”
Ideas are ten a penny, everybody’s got them, and like opinions and ar5eholes, most of ’em stink! Focus & follow thru are the rare commodity, which separate the wheat from the chaff. ‘Run toward the sound of the guns.’ wherever & whatever they may be.
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