Big is Massively Overrated

Writers — stop trying to pan out — focus on the little things

There are no small ideas. Photo: Fiona Cameron Lister

Medium’s tagline is “a place to write big ideas and important stories.”

This can make you feel inadequate and intimidated. Because unless you are a genius, a deity or a giant, your day-to-day ideas and experiences are likely to be the size of a mouse’s hatpin.