If you can't find ideas to write about, throw away your shame and go steal them
I'm in trouble. I have no ideas for posts. Even when I finally find one, I can't seem to settle on anything.
Through trial and error, I realized that stealing is easier.
Since I couldn't find any post ideas, I went to a large bookstore nearby to browse.
I thought that if I read, I would find material to write about.
I browsed about five books on writing techniques. I didn't end up buying any of them, but just flipping through and reading the pages that caught my eye for a few minutes was a learning experience.
But no ideas flashed into my mind.
There might be nothing more frustrating than being stuck for ideas while writing for note.
It might be easier to endure when the articles I've already posted aren't getting much of a reaction.
Is my input volume too low?
Is my note-taking technique poor?
Do I lack the ability to combine the information and knowledge I've gathered?
While I'm like this, the creators I follow are calmly uploading posts.
I feel down about my own lack of ability to produce articles...
It's easier to thoroughly steal from a model
But then, I suddenly thought.Aren't ideas something you steal rather than look for?
Especially while you don't have any real skill.
I can't write out of thin air with flashes of inspiration like novelists or essayists.
Writing only about the thoughts in my own head lacks substance.
Even when I gather information from books and magazines, I can't pull together an article idea.
In other words, it's no good trying to find and write ideas "by my immature self."
I should steal from skilled writers who handle the same themes as me.
Of course, there have been many skilled noter creators I've admired until now.
I've bookmarked them and saved their articles in my notes. I try to imitate them while looking at those.
Trying to imitate the writing styles and expressions I felt were good, little by little.
No, it's TTP (Thoroughly To-steal-and-copy).
The person who first advocated for TTP was Koichiro Yoshikoshi, the former president of Triumph.
He is the executive who made the company the second largest in the women's lingerie industry.
He was selected as one of the "100 Famous Managers of the Heisei Era" and received the 37th Best Dresser Award (Politics and Economics Category).
"The secret to success is not to start from zero, but to thoroughly steal successful ideas. And then, don't give up and see it through."
It's no good to just think, "I'll try imitating a little, I'll incorporate it bit by bit."
You have to do it with the intention of stealing thoroughly.
As an amateur writer, I will start by copying to let the sense and rhythm of how skilled people write soak into me.
・When stuck for article ideas, write using the ideas of skilled people
・Steal as much as you can understand of their way of thinking about ideas
・Steal the opening completely and write (of course, copy-pasting is not allowed)
・Steal the structure and headings completely (ditto)
・Imitate the closing of the article completely (ditto)
With the intention of becoming that skilled person, copy them completely.
Their way of thinking, their way of writing, their rhythm, and their phrasing.
As long as you don't copy and paste the text, you won't get caught, so it's fine.
Even in cooking, when you make a dish for the first time, you should follow the recipe exactly.
If you make even one step original, it will surely taste bad.
First, steal the model, then add your own original touch.
Put aside your passion for perfecting your own unique writing for a moment; it's a shortcut to thoroughly steal the ways of thinking and writing of skilled people.
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