paper-machine comments on The True Rejection Challenge - Less Wrong

43 Post author: Alicorn 27 June 2011 07:18AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 30 June 2011 05:21:06AM 1 point [-]

I'm impressed by your honesty wrt motivations.

I pre-commit to writing down tomorrow (because right now drunk and sleepy) a list of ten ideas about things to write about, and within a week follow up and write about the best. The first step should take at most a couple hours; the second probably a day for a first draft. That seems reasonable given my current workflow.

Comment author: Alicorn 30 June 2011 05:29:35AM *  2 points [-]

I'm not sure what there is to be impressed about... perhaps you interpreted me as saying that I write to get attention? That's not why; attention is merely what allows me to write for other reasons (which are mostly: because it is itchy to have ideas unrealized). Without anyone paying attention to me I will still be itchy but won't actually write anything before going off and doing something else.

Comment author: [deleted] 30 June 2011 05:53:22AM 1 point [-]

Oh. Nevermind then.