The Power of Saying No

It really means yes.

Grant Faulkner
4 min readNov 21, 2022

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There’s a writing trick that’s rarely practiced, even though it consistently produces amazing results: saying no.

“It’s extremely powerful to say no; it’s really the most powerful thing to say,” said Bill Murray.

It’s extremely powerful because saying no is often really saying yes — to yourself.

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Grant Faulkner

Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month, co-founder of 100 Word Story, writer, tap dancer, alchemist, contortionist, numbskull, preacher.