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Exoskeleton to give strength, from the movie Elysium

I am often asked what my processes/systems/habits for writing daily are, most recently by Rick Carabba of Brainbank, so this is for you, Rick, as my reply explained that, well, I don’t know what my process is, as per this email reply:

When I started writing daily, I remembered the concept that it takes 30 days to start a habit… by the time I got to 100 days in a row, when people asked me how I do it, I simply said “I’m a writer, I write”. Over 1300 days in a row now.. so any process I have I am “Unconsciously Competent” about…. What I would note is that I publish every day, but almost always write at least one day ahead… and about once a week I do write 2 to 3 pieces in flow.

However, almost no sooner than I penned that reply, I read a newsletter that had a section within it that leapt out at me and totally explained my process!

Late in 2020, I met (on Twitter, for now) Remi Guyot, who thanked me for my writing (all writers, creators, artists love acknowledgment and feedback, I definitely do, thanks in advance for yours ;) ! ). Remi has now been writing his own regular posts and I love his deep thoughts on various topics. Last week his newsletter was called: “Writing Is Like An Exoskeleton For The Brain”. To begin, he used two movies to explain what exoskeletons may become for humans for our muscular body (love both the movies he…