Perhaps a bit too long after I was pinged about this book, I've finally gotten around to reading it more closely.
Love the aphoristic, matter of fact tone.
Some lines I really needed to hear. The last point (quoted below) is really important:
Suspend all judgment when creating the first draft.
Just get to the end.
It’s better to create something bad than nothing at all.
You can improve something bad. You can’t improve nothing.
Most of what you make will be fertilizer for the few that turn out great.
But you won’t know which is which until afterward.
Keep creating as much as you can. Creativity is a magic coin.
The more you spend, the more you have. Don’t alter your state with alcohol or drugs.
They make the mundane more interesting to you, which then makes you less interesting to others.
They make you think you’re creative when you’re actually boring.
Only creating makes you creative.