Dorothy Parker

Michael Gartenberg | August 22, 2007, 09:23 AM

I just got an email asking how I write what I write and where do my ideas come from and how do you get over writer's block.

The answer is, I don't know. I think about what interests me and go from there. Writing is hard. It's called a discipline for a reason. I start every day writing. I for about an hour or two every morning. Every morning, on the road or not (which is more than I can say about my workout schedule). I force myself to write *something*. Some of it becomes blog posts, some of it makes it into research reports, some of it goes into columns and one day, some of it will go into a book I want to do about the research industry. It all gets used somewhere :) The key to writing, is well, writing. Don't ask about, just do it, ask people to read it, and keep iterating.

Dorothy Parker said it best for all those who make their living with words. "I hate writing, but love having written".