Matt Birchler:

The secret to making new, interesting things is really just to start working on something. For most projects this means starting with something that’s not that original, but in the course of making that thing, you may actually spark an original idea. Some of my best articles on this site have come from me just starting to write and then deleting the first 1,000 words because it wasn’t until that point that I realized what I really wanted to talk about.

I couldn’t even begin to count the times that I’ve had this exact same experience.