Samantha Irby: “Write All the Time”

It feels passé but start a blog or a newsletter or something that just gets you writing

Wake Up and Write is an advice column from Moms Don’t Have Time to Write. Today, we have Samantha Irby — comedian, creator of the blog bitches gotta eat, and author of numerous essay collections, including Wow, No Thank You— who shared writing advice on the podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books, hosted by Zibby Owens.

“This is one thing I am good and certain about: write all the time.”

“I know it feels passé or whatever, but start a blog or a newsletter or something that just gets you writing all the time. Don’t put any pressure on yourself. My biggest piece of advice is to understand that your writing is not going to pay you right out the gate.

Maybe you’re brilliant. I mean, of course, you are, but maybe you’re brilliant enough to get a million dollars on your first book that you ever write. I blogged on the internet for ten years. No one gave me money for anything. I had to work at an animal hospital. It just doesn’t happen, really, that way for anyone, that you just blow up right out of the gate.

I would say don’t be afraid to work in obscurity for a long time until you make it. Keep writing all the time.”