I'd be fine with shorter posts. When I see a long one, I sometimes put off reading it and then maybe don't get to it. I also need to get some writing done on my own substack. I have 2 or 3 books I'm going to write about soon, I hope.
The only two solutions I've ever found for writer's block is time and writing through it. Maybe you don't get anything of value when you try to write through it or maybe you get an article like this one. Either way, I think you'll make it through to the other side.
I've never removed any subscribers though I'm sure there are some who never read. I guess a part of me hopes maybe one day they will and another part of me is afraid they're reading in the app or something and it just doesn't show.
The other day I took an old poem I heard a long time ago and attempted to re-write it based on what I was seeing around me. It "kind of worked." But then I ditched it and used the same concept in another way. All in all, I turned it into a short substack note. I did help to get things moving. https://substack.com/@rfoster1/note/c-60571714
When I get blocked, I call an old friend of mine. I invite him to breakfast or lunch and bring with me a list of things to talk about. And we just sit and talk. That's usually my go to cure for writer’s block. Sometimes rereading an old favorite book helps, too.
As for deleting subscribers, about 1/4 of my subscribers appeared dormant. But I've learned not to trust the sub stack report on who opens an e-mail and who doesn't. This came from talking to several people at church and among my consulting customers. The people who are shown as to have opened or not opened my emails is wildly inaccurate. I think it must have something to do with settings in the e-mail client they are using or the means by which they access the article.
Besides, you never know when that one e-mail is going to have a title that inspires a normally dormant reader to open it and say – “I know someone who would really like this essay” - and then send it along to someone will not only subscribe and participate, but also spread the word to many others about your writing.
I went to High School with a Greg Williams. He payed guitar, moved to Spokane Washington and I think he eventually moved on to other places. Any chance I am talking to the same person?
I'm afraid I'm not that Greg. I've been asked a similar question several times. As it turns out, the name Greg Williams is right up there near John Smith as far as the list of common names go. I went to H.S. in southwestern OH.
I'd be fine with shorter posts. When I see a long one, I sometimes put off reading it and then maybe don't get to it. I also need to get some writing done on my own substack. I have 2 or 3 books I'm going to write about soon, I hope.
The only two solutions I've ever found for writer's block is time and writing through it. Maybe you don't get anything of value when you try to write through it or maybe you get an article like this one. Either way, I think you'll make it through to the other side.
I've never removed any subscribers though I'm sure there are some who never read. I guess a part of me hopes maybe one day they will and another part of me is afraid they're reading in the app or something and it just doesn't show.
The other day I took an old poem I heard a long time ago and attempted to re-write it based on what I was seeing around me. It "kind of worked." But then I ditched it and used the same concept in another way. All in all, I turned it into a short substack note. I did help to get things moving. https://substack.com/@rfoster1/note/c-60571714
When I get blocked, I call an old friend of mine. I invite him to breakfast or lunch and bring with me a list of things to talk about. And we just sit and talk. That's usually my go to cure for writer’s block. Sometimes rereading an old favorite book helps, too.
As for deleting subscribers, about 1/4 of my subscribers appeared dormant. But I've learned not to trust the sub stack report on who opens an e-mail and who doesn't. This came from talking to several people at church and among my consulting customers. The people who are shown as to have opened or not opened my emails is wildly inaccurate. I think it must have something to do with settings in the e-mail client they are using or the means by which they access the article.
Besides, you never know when that one e-mail is going to have a title that inspires a normally dormant reader to open it and say – “I know someone who would really like this essay” - and then send it along to someone will not only subscribe and participate, but also spread the word to many others about your writing.
I went to High School with a Greg Williams. He payed guitar, moved to Spokane Washington and I think he eventually moved on to other places. Any chance I am talking to the same person?
I'm afraid I'm not that Greg. I've been asked a similar question several times. As it turns out, the name Greg Williams is right up there near John Smith as far as the list of common names go. I went to H.S. in southwestern OH.