How to Write Like a Badass, the viral series

The series—and accompanying comedic short with comedy duo Pure & Weary—has been read tens of thousands of times around the web.

How to Write Like a Badass: Part 1

HOW TO START: The thing is, no matter how many times you climb up on top of the jumping rock, your fear may never lessen. What does change is your resolution: to not waste time being afraid and just jump…

How to Write Like a Badass: Part 2

YOUR FIRST DRAFT IS CRAP: If you start feeling like your writing is clever, kill the Buddha. If you’ve finished your first draft, kill the Buddha. It sounds severe, but in actuality, you’ll find it freeing.

How to Write Like a Badass: Part 3

DEVELOP A THICK HIDE: Your writing may be raked over the coals. You won’t please everyone, and that can’t be your goal. The sooner you embrace this, the better, because you’ll find freedom in being authentically you, instead of authentically who everyone else thinks you should be.

How to Write Like a Badass: Part 4

TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE: Don’t let ideas of “this is silly,” or “no one will care about what happened to me” get in your way. YOU care. Right now, that’s all that matters. Don’t make your own story a sacrificial lamb to the Gods of Unworthiness.

How to Write Like a Badass: Part 5

JUST DO IT: When you’re feeling doubtful, just do it. When you’ve had your ass handed to you on a platter from your editor, take a day to cry and eat chocolate, then just do it.

How to Write Like a Badass: Part 6

YOU’RE NOT WRITING ALONE: Even though writing is your craft, it’s also the craft of all the writers who’ve come before you. They’ve shaped one another, and have been shaped by the writers before them, and eventually shape the writers who come after.