The surfboard of thrust

Thrust is a surfboard which a writer stands on, and rides above the waves. It carries a person forward. If one is learning how to surf, one does not practice in a swimming pool, or bathtub. One needs to get up a certain inertia, before one can actually be tangibly said to be "surfing" - one would not be able to even start to learn how to surf without a certain amount of thrust from the wave underneath you.

If a person is stringing up ideas on paper, you have to have a thrust That thrust is what powers you forward, line by line. You want to communicate something you know. And the odd thing about the trade of writing, particularly, is that even though the main agenda is learning about the topic onself, the vehicle for pursuing that agenda is coming up with phrases and sentences which communicate that idea to others.

So a novice writer has to get on that surfboard and get moving - even if you only surf very sloppily for a little distance. Therefore, the first thing to do is to abandon your pride. You're going to look like a fool the first day and the first week and the first year when you're on that surfboard.