A short YouTube monologue by Shaka Senghor recounting how he wrote his first book in solitary confinement using a flimsy ink pen. He describes nervously sending his only copy on a fish line to another inmate, the emotional risk of losing it, the praise he received, and how that experience motivated him to aim to write a second book—framing greatness as the ability to execute repeatedly.
So I wrote that first book. Did you write that in prison? I wrote the first one in solitary. Little flimsy ink pen. And then I had this moment where I was super excited and jumping in air like, damn. I finished a book and I was like, well, a book isn't a book until you send it to somebody. I put it on a fish line and I sent it to a guy in a cell across from me. I remember the heart stopping feeling I had once that book slid under my door. This was my only copy. You'll never go back and reproduce it manner. So I was nervous. Is this guy going to get my book back? Solitary. There's nothing I can do if he doesn't until we get to the big yard. But he came back to the door and he's like, man, this is one of the greatest books I've ever read. Initially I got so excited and then I thought about it. I was like, well, he's in solitary confinement. It's not like he has tons of options to entertain himself. It challenged me to write a second book because I believe all of us are capable of doing something great once. I think the mark of greatness is the ability to execute over and over, which is what makes him great.
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