Robert Greene advises writers to pick topics that are both timely and timeless, not chasing hot trends like crypto or AI. He emphasizes a long-term commitment to writing and building an audience over quick wins.
Robert Greene's advice to me on books, he was like, you gotta find something that's both timely and timeless. And so like the timely is your way into it, but the timelessness is what makes it worth actually investing in and going into because you don't wanna, you know, the people that were all in on crypto a few years ago are all in on AI now. Chances are whatever the thing that is hot or working right now, like you're already too late on. Going to whatever where the energy is is not what it's about. Like I love writing. That's what I would still wanna be doing. Would I have found maybe a different way in? Would I have built my audience a little bit differently? Maybe. But like, what I love to do is something people have been doing for thousands of years.
