Good Writing

I believe the formula I've given you, importance + novelty + correctness + strength, is the recipe for a good essay.

Paul Graham on how writing helps you discover new ideas:

“A good writer doesn’t just think, and then write down what he thought, as a sort of transcript. A good writer will almost always discover new things in the process of writing.”

You can't think well without writing well, and you can't write well without reading well.