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Putting Ideas Into Words
When I sit down to write, the meadow is still sunk in darkness, and above it, satellites pass by, one after the other. My thoughts are flighty and shapeless; they morph as I approach them. But when I type, it is as if I pin my thoughts to the table. I can examine them. They feel porous to the touch and crumble. But among the fragments, I discover t... See more
Henrik Karlsson • How to Think in Writing
An idea is not fully formed until it’s articulated in just the right words.
Brett Leve • Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community
What is above all needed is to let the meaning choose the word, and not the other way around. In prose, the worst thing one can do with words is surrender to them. When you think of a concrete object, you think wordlessly, and then, if you want to describe the thing you have been visualising you probably hunt about until you find the exact words th
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