70s author Larry Niven, when he was learning to write, once tried typing 10 000 words a day – it didn’t matter what they were, just that there were 10 000 of them. After a few days of typing shopping lists and his name over and over and so forth, he was so bored he decided to just write a story instead, which he later sold. He said it wasn’t his best work, but it wasn’t his worst work either.
Of course, he was also the recipient of what he called the best advice in the world when he was 18 (“Son, here’s a million dollars, don’t lose it”), so perhaps he didn’t feel the same pressure to necessarily be productive from the start.
70s author Larry Niven, when he was learning to write, once tried typing 10 000 words a day – it didn’t matter what they were, just that there were 10 000 of them. After a few days of typing shopping lists and his name over and over and so forth, he was so bored he decided to just write a story instead, which he later sold. He said it wasn’t his best work, but it wasn’t his worst work either.
Of course, he was also the recipient of what he called the best advice in the world when he was 18 (“Son, here’s a million dollars, don’t lose it”), so perhaps he didn’t feel the same pressure to necessarily be productive from the start.