In November 2020, I did a 30 day writing challenge with a friend of mine that was really similar to the "screenshot essays" I've been posting on Farcaster. I wrote and published (tweeted) a screenshot essay every day for the entire month of December.
I went back and read through those posts today.
28 out of the 30 were absolute garbage.
The 2 decent ones ended up being the seeds of larger essays that I'm really proud of.
That said, I probably wouldn't have ever written those 2 decent ones without forcing myself to write the others every day for the weeks prior.
If you're prolific, most of your output will be embarrassing. But you can brute force your way to quality.
jihad
I went back and read through those posts today.
28 out of the 30 were absolute garbage.
The 2 decent ones ended up being the seeds of larger essays that I'm really proud of.
That said, I probably wouldn't have ever written those 2 decent ones without forcing myself to write the others every day for the weeks prior.
If you're prolific, most of your output will be embarrassing. But you can brute force your way to quality.