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How I write essays
@Esha Rana asked me how I come up with metaphors. It’s like this:
I think in about half of the cases, metaphor is just how my mind works. I see the world in terms of relationships - how each things is connected to everything else. My mind is a lot more like this than normal people. Metaphors happen when my mind moves along those lines of connectio... See more
Henrik Karlssonsubstack.com
I went through several cycles of “I think I know what I really think and I’m ready to write,” followed by “No, having started writing, I’m unsatisfied with my answer on this point and think a bit more investigation could change it.” So I kept alternating between writing and reading, but was always reading with the aim of getting back to writing.
Holden Karnofsky • Learning by Writing
