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#10 - Escaping the trough of writing sorrow

By Dan Shipper Talk Therapy

Dan Shipper is the CEO and cofounder of Every. Every week he explores the frontiers of AI in his column, Chain of Thought, and on his podcast, ‘AI & I.’

By Nathan Baschez Talk Therapy

Nathan Baschez is the cofounder and CEO of AI word processor Lex. He cofounded Every, was the first employee at Substack, and co-created Product Hunt.

Talk Therapy

#10 - Escaping the trough of writing sorrow

Dan and Nathan commiserate over their writing slump and strategize how to escape it. Meanwhile, Adam’s essay hits the top of Hacker News! T

Dan Shipper

Nathan Baschez

Jul 9, 2020 · 1 min readUpdated May 30, 2026

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Dan and Nathan commiserate over their writing slump and strategize how to escape it. Meanwhile, Adam’s essay hits the top of Hacker News! To wrap things up, we discuss our technique for delivering harsh feedback to each other without engendering any enmities.

PS — If you want to sign up for the talk show Nathan is hosting with Li Jin (great investor, formerly of Andreessen Horowitz, focused on the “passion economy” and creator-focused businesses), click here!