Really good writing advice from Slavoj Žižek
Most heart-stopping writing comes from synthesizing the previously unarticulated in the moment. Rather than reaching for your database, try channeling what’s in the air at this very second. If it’s some stunted, fragmentary version of an idea you were exposed to previously, that is good. These read/write errors are what we call originality.
Sasha Chapin • Notes Against Note-Taking Systems
David Foster Wallace, on working your way back to writing for yourself and rediscovering the fun of the craft:
At some point you find that 90% of the stuff you're writing is motivated and informed by an overwhelming need to be liked. This results in shitty fiction. And the shitty work must get fed to the wastebasket,... See more
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