My favorite quote on writing comes from James Ervin's AMA[0]: >And if you're going to write, write what you want to write. The odds against any creator are ins

My favorite quote on writing comes from James Ervin's AMA[0]: >And if you're going to write, write what you want to write. The odds against any creator are insane. If you're going to devote months of your time, don't let it be for an idea you think will sell. Odds are it won't. Write something you want to write, or need to write. Write for yourself before anyone else. I'd rather read someone who is excited and passionate about what they want to say than someone who's obviously trying to say what they think I want to hear. — James Erwin I had the same issues with my writing recently (why should I even write anything when there are far better people writing about these things). It boiled down the following for me [1]: 1. Self Learning (Writing about it makes you understand it betteer) 2. Sharing knowledge (I want the knowledge to spread) 3. Network Effect (People I know are far more likely to read my post as they trust me) 4. I love writing Coming up with topics is harder. I tend to read a lot, and whenever I read something I already knew, I put it in my "to-write-list". Essentially, the idea is to write things that you'd like to read yourself, but can't find anywhere. Another good idea is to take "auxiliary" topics instead of a core topic. This means finding things that are interesting enough only when taken together. For instance, don't write about Machine Learning, write about doing Machine Learning with a specific toolkit or language. Specific topics are always better than vague ones, in my experience. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2w72o7/so_i_sold_a_reddit_reply_to_warner_brothers_a_few/coo5gys https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2w72o7/so_i_sold_a_re... [1]: https://captnemo.in/blog/2015/06/07/on-writing/ https://captnemo.in/blog/2015/06/07/on-writing/