7 Ways a Writing Flop Can Increase Your Productivity

Writing is simple but recognizing what you write is legendary.

This is my second take on an article I was writing today. The first one is still sitting in draft format on my Google Docs page. It sits there with many other articles that were published as well as some other flops that never made it to see the light of day.

You see, you can write a flop, and that’s perfectly fine.

As long as no one but you see it, then you have nothing to worry about.

The only person who will ever know is you.

But when you write a flop, there are some important lessons to think about. Here are seven ideas you may have never considered.

1. You wrote something for that day

2. You realized it was not worthy to see the light of day

3. You exercised your writing style

4. The amateur editor in you realized it was not good to get published for others to see

5. You are growing as a writer since you recognize that not everything you write is good to publish

6. Writing a flop helps you not be so perfect as a writer — it keeps you human

7. You expose the humility in you and recognize you don’t need to publish everything you have written

Writing a flop is good for you. Just because you don’t publish the article, it doesn’t mean anything bad. This only helps you grow as a writer.

Not every writer will write a masterpiece. Everyone writes flops every once in a while. No one is perfect.

I’ll leave you with something to think about.

Ryan Holiday once said:

Perfectionism rarely begets perfection or satisfaction — only disappointment.