❝ If you're not releasing then you're just journaling

If you're not releasing then you're just journaling. If you're not posting it publicly, if you're just keeping things to yourself, then you need to admit that's just a journal. You're not really being a writer, you're just journaling for yourself. I think to be a writer, the unspoken necessity of that definition is that you have to release it to the world, otherwise it's just your diary.

– Derek Sivers in ▶ Derek Sivers Reveals His Writing Secrets For His Forthcoming Book, Useful Not True (~30:00)