Start Writing.

Scott and I grabbed a quick sandwich at Goonies on Friday. A series of last-minute meetings and the need to deliver on a speech request (read: It’s 9:30, I need to see something from you by 3:30, but I can’t meet you until 11:00) had hijacked what was supposed to be a casual Friday after a long week.

In an abridged meeting, Scott and I talked applications, we talked community, we talked web site messaging and we talked blog.

The reality is that the ebb and flow of creative inspiration, work/life demands and basic motivation do not always contribute to a healthy writing process. But to get everything together by September and to keep people in the loop, we need steady production. For our plan to work - for our blog to work - the whole team needs to be turning out written material with regularity.

As we headed back to our respective afternoons Scott and I agreed that we would meet again on Sunday to bring Scott L into the discussion to brainstorm suggested topics and find ways to motivate and encourage each other.

Starting with no direction takes too much energy. If everyone has a few ideas to work from, we may be able to yield a higher return. It’s the blank page that’s the killer.

Sure brilliant ideas can come from nothing, but sometimes there’s a need to summon brilliance (or at least quality writing) when you’re just not feeling it. Having a defined topic, a critical path and a deadline can be incredibly motivating. This fact was crystal clear later that day as I hopped on my bike, having just hammered out two days worth of writing in three hours.

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