This is a resend of my second Substack post, the title of which I really should’ve Googled before sending it. Cringe.
It’s my second post. I actually did it.
When I sat down for my new Tuesday morning writing routine, I didn’t know what I could write about. Then I typed the title for this post and started thinking about second iterations.
Starting something new is hard, but if it’s in any way successful, following up that success is harder. You hear it all the time—from breakout artists with a hit first album, to bestselling authors with book-trilogy contracts, to movie directors planning a sequel (or a term I just heard this week, a requel). It’s gotten to the point where the best possible compliment you can give a follow-up album or book or movie is, “Well, it was good, but not as good as [first thing].”
But maybe there is some beauty in the sophomore slump, even if the pancake’s shaped a little funny.
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