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6 tips from John Steinbeck on writing:
Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.
Envy occurs when we want something that another person has. Jealousy is when we fear losing a relationship or a valued part of a relationship that we already have.
Brené Brown • Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
erin glasstwitter.comThe people I find most interesting on social media are using it as a sort of diary/note to self, not broadcasting to an audience.
sari azout • Things I'm Thinking About
(because in the end, creativity is a gift to the creator, not just a gift to the audience).
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear
The idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. It’s not about the formal credentials. It’s fundamentally about play . It seems to describe a life where it’s just fun to be reading, learning, writing, and collaborating on idea... See more
Celine Nguyen • research as leisure activity
writing
This is how it works: You’ve always wanted to be a writer, but instead you decide you should become a health care worker. You go to school for four years. You get a degree in social work. You are at your first day of your new job, listening to an orientation, and you realize you really did want to be a writer. You quit your job, go to the library w
... See moreNatalie Goldberg • Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life
As long as I’m still moving in that direction—toward wonder—then I know I will always be fine in my soul, which is where it counts. And since creativity is still the most effective way for me to access wonder, I choose it.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear
a writer is a writer, no matter what sort of work she’s doing, as long as she is thinking, still, like a writer: observing and mentally composing and watching the world with curiosity. Writing is a lovely, life-affirming thing to do, even if the world never rewards us for it, or never rewards us enough to allow us to make it the main thing in our l... See more