Shipping

 Seth Godin emboldens us to ship our work.

In his books and videos, for example, he bluntly tells us that there is no such thing as writer’s block.  If someone claims to have a writer’s block, it implies that person is a perfectionist.   

The writer’s well can. never suffer such a draught.  Claiming writer’s block is embracing fear.  There is a decent alternative.  There is an enlightened approach.

Ship.  Maintain the discipline of shipping.  Of course we need to put in decent work ethic, something that shows that we are grateful to our audience for caving out time from their lives to read our work.  At the same time, we should also be humble enough to show our human vulnerability.

Our works may be masterful or end up as examples of redemption stories - works that emphatically state we refused to quit.

The key thing is to ship...