The Writers Room: A New Series For The Teardown

Trying something new to publish more and fuss less

I often look at drafts of The Teardown with despair. My drafts contain thousands of words lost to writer’s block, ephemeral momentum, fleeting but acute distractions, or just life in broad terms. Writing something that consumes lots of time is hard. And when something is hard, you need a system to both relentlessly power through that thing and create conviction.

Today, I’m announcing a new section of The Teardown called The Writer’s Room. Look for it this coming Monday.

The premise is simple: it will contain a short 2-3 sentence brain dump about a few topics in my drafts. It will not be a week-in-review news summarization with links because, well, you can get those everywhere. I don’t have capacity for those takes. I might link to other posts or news if the context is right.

But I do jot down lots of thoughts about what I want to write for this newsletter (or is it a blog). I write a lot of drafts, some more complete or coherent (or both) than others. In fact, my drafts bucket looks like this:

That’s right. More than twice as many drafts as published posts. Now, is that contrast normal for a writer? I’m sure it is. But instead of letting these thoughts languish in my drafts, I’ll send them to you instead.

Hope you enjoy! Please feel free to write back with feedback about this coming week’s expose.