In an earlier post, I mentioned the book How to Take Smart Notes. I like that book, because it shows you how to write small but useful notes daily in a way that creates a compound effect.
Austin Kleon shared a quotation that relates to the compound effect in writing:
Imagine taking the very sharpest thought you had each day for two years and then adding it to a pile. If someone walked by and looked at your pile of best thoughts, they’d think you were a genius.
Via Austin Kleon.
Austin shared that quotation from a piece called Revision is my God by Meaghan O’Connell.