Tommy Ueland
1 min readJul 6, 2020

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Thanks for the mention Sam, i feel honored. And YES!!! :D I like experiments.

I think about writing as a muscle. You need to give it exercise to develop, and this is closing in on a cliche, but at the same time you cant overstimulate it.

And here comes storytime with Tommy:

I run. at least I try to run. In 2019 I was going to run two 1/2 marathons but my leg started hurting early season. I tried all the tricks in the book, but nothing worked, so I went to the doctor. After inspecting my calf he looked at me and told me I was sore... Sore!?

The fact was that I had been pushing my muscle threads so far that my calf never got the opportunity to recover. I was embarrassed telling my friends and co-workers I went to the doctor because I was sore, but I did as he said and didn't run for three weeks. And indeed, the pain was gone.

Tommy, is there a point in this too long response? Yes. If you don't take breaks from writing you can come to a place where it doesn't work properly. And it might be time to ease down and fix the writing-muscle threads.

So, that was a long way of saying I think its a good idea Sam, and I am stoked that you are doing the experiment, and I will keep a keen eye on it:)

Good luck!

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Tommy Ueland
Tommy Ueland

Written by Tommy Ueland

Father, writer, aspiring blogger, connoisseur of everyday joy and professional procrastinator.

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