In 2020, don’t stay small and remain less than you could be. Overreach until you feel embarrassed. Aim for big failures. Here’s why.

In the first half of 2019, I only submitted three things: a 100 word story about a disastrous honeymoon, a 300 word story about an adopted dog, and a 4,000 word work-in-progress I’ve been revisiting and revising since 2016.

I thought, “Only the dog story has a chance.”