Brigitte (@commonplacezines)
Nothing that changed my life was made by people who were in a hurry—it was definitely made by people who took special care in their work and were after making the best possible work.
I am tired of conversations that revolve around making things that lack care, products that exist because the founder wants to hit some external metric and appear a
... See moreSubstack comment on the synergy in fast & slow writing:
... See moreI definitely lean towards the side of editing, restructuring, and rewriting, but I recently started a typewriter practice where I soft-publish a few one-take, one-page essays per week. I've been surprised by the legibility of those drafts. Getting tempted to move into a faster pace, while also
Now imagine if you were able to unshackle yourself from the limits of the present moment, and draw on weeks, months, or even years of accumulated imagination. I call this approach the “slow burn”—allowing bits of thought matter to slowly simmer like a delicious pot of stew brewing on the stove. It is a calmer, more sustainable approach to
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