You Don’t Have to Be Epic Every Time

@MerlinUWard @IAmMrSid @DannyBrown werd.

Hey Danny,

I needed to hear this, because I'll be honest, it is something I struggle with. I sometimes fine-tune a blog post to death, and then I remember ... ah, it's just a blog post, which has the staying power of what? One week max?

The posts I've written which I honestly thought were, well ... kinda, sorta good, well there's a trend with those pieces: Those are the posts that invariably get the lowest number of comments and mentions. Must tell you something about my taste, huh? ;)

Now I'd say I'm more concerned with posting twice a week and keeping up the pace.

Great post. And I think this is something that anyone in any creative field can and should take to heart. I think about the same thing sometimes in terms of music. Pop music is often put down because it can be simple and "low brow." But sometimes, that's what you want. And if it's still executed well - then it's still a good song.

I find this to be an interesting thought because nowadays we put pressure on our everyday lives to be epic. Be it how we dress, how we do our hair, who we talk to, our jobs, our homes, our families, what we post on facebook, what picture we put on instagram, what we blog... Everything. We put too much pressure on ourselves to be the best of the best, to be epic, to get the most likes, comments, etc. Imagine a day in which we didn't have to worry about any of that. A day in which we just were. Just a blank screen of ourselves, epic-less and happy.

Funny that you don't think it's an epic post, Danny. It spoke so loudly to me - I'm calling it epic alright! Thanks for saying this. I wonder why we put so much pressure on ourselves. Just who do we think we are? ;)

Danny. Love your blog and input..will certainly be coming back. I work in the distance running niche and am building a community of beginner to advanced level runners on my blog at www.rundreamachieve.com. You can't write epic s*** all of the time but poor input to us may be a wealth of knowledge to someone else. Happy Holidays.

We're already epic just providing our content. Sometimes we just come up because our brains are tired and need a rest that's normal. Thanks for a great post Danny.

G'Day Danny,

You don't have to be epic every time

Nor awesome nor sick nor cool

You just have to write good readable stuff

That makes your competitors drool.

'Avagrade Christmas

Best Wishes

Leon

Danny,

When Corbett wrote, "Write Epic Shit" he didn't say write epic shit every time. That's impossible...

Every story can't be George RR Marin's Song of Fire and Ice (known as A Game of Thrones on HBO, though the books are so High Fantasy Gangster even with the TV show being the great that don't do the books justice, amazing character develop. I've also never known an author so willing to kill-off would be crucial characters... but I digress)

The crucial item here, that you highlighted above is that genius came come without warning which also means it can be taken away. A muse is a fickle creature.

...and sometimes the failing, the blank screen, can be as powerful as the crowded essay.

All the best and Happy Holidays!!!

Ryan H.

Excellent reminder that there is more to life sometimes.

Why are so many people bothered about being epic, becasue they think they fill a gap? Instead follow Dr Seuss and simply be you nobody can do it better and sod the rest who need to be patted on the back for living.

We're at a time of year when someone in a household takes on so much work it would make most business people walk out, i know my partner is doing so much she's nearly burst and the rest of the world is full of similar people. We do what we do because we care and if it's not epic enough so be it.

The really epic stuff is the small stuff and Danny you surely know you never have to try. Wisdom is often mixed up by some people, most miss out how it's just common sense and logic.

You'll carry on being you, true star whether a blank screen or not - so glad to know you.

Hi Danny

"So embrace the blank screen. Embrace the empty mind. Embrace the still keyboard."

I do that more than most, but that is one good point and so well made.

I'll raise a glass to you during the festivities.

I liked the post, epic or not.

Tonight, I got a notice from Feedblitz that I had l lost a subscriber. I only have 18, so it was sort of a big deal. Then I saw who it was and I was sad. You see, the person had just started to follow my blog a week before. I guess she got tired of a blog that is just one chapter after another of my new novel. That wasn't the bad part, though.

I'm sure there are a lot of people who wouldn't care for "Touched" or want to read it as it's being written. I wasn't hurt at all by her disinterest. I was saddened by the fact that the woman, who I remember as the girl I had a crush on in 4th grade, had left.

Oh well...but I do wonder if maybe I should have been a little more epic.

Epic, Danny. Epic...