My writing process | Derek Sivers
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My writing process | Derek Sivers
the creative process is not a perfectly efficient process. It requires you to play with ideas, create new connections among ideas, disregard earlier thoughts, and synthesize disparate themes. It can be slow and frustrating and can feel like a waste of time. If this resonates with your experience, you are in good company.
Peg Boyle Single • Demystifying Dissertation Writing: A Streamlined Process from Choice of Topic to Final Text
This is what the process looks like. 1. SET-UP 2. FIND THE INFORMATION 3. DISTIL THE INFORMATION 4. ORGANISE THE INFORMATION 5. LINK THE INFORMATION 6. TIGHTEN 7. DELIVERY
Ros Atkins • The Art of Explanation: How to Communicate with Clarity and Confidence
I like to shape and sculpt my words before I give them to someone else. I want to make sure every word is perfect, that each sentence and each paragraph has purpose, and that the whole piece is cohesive.
Andrew Anderson • The Ritual of Writing: Writing as Spiritual Practice
you look at the process of creating anything, it follows the same simple pattern, alternating back and forth between divergence and convergence.
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
To guide you in the process of creating your own Second Brain, I’ve developed a simple, intuitive four-part method called “CODE”—Capture; Organize; Distill; Express.