First you do X
Then you make content about doing X
Then you make content about that content
Then you make content about that content
(loop)
One day you realize you haven't done X for six months
And there is only so much room for content at the highest levels of abstraction
First you do X Then you make content about doing X Then you make content about that content Then you make content about that content (loop) One day you realize you haven't done X for six months And there is only so much room for content at the highest levels of abstraction
This is what I do for everything I post:
- Write all of my thoughts on a subject.
- Argue against those ideas.
- Explore different angles until I’m sick of it.
- Leave it for a few days or years, then repeat those steps.
- Hate how messy these thoughts have become.
- Reduce them to a tiny outline of the key points.
- Post the outline. Trash the rest.
Brian Koberlein • P&B: Derek Sivers – Manu
How you spend every day is how you spend your life.
Ideopunk • 100 Tips for a Better Life
The key to overcoming this precondition is to make writing a multi-pass process. Visual art is multi-pass: artists start with a rough sketch that captures the general idea for their composition. Then they go through and do a more detailed sketch, turning the rough lines into recognizable features, fiddling with proportions and placement until each ... See more
“I turn sentences around. That’s my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and I turn it around again. Then I have lunch. Then I come back in and write another sentence. Then I have tea and turn the new sentence around. Then I lie down on my sofa and think. Then I get up and throw them out and start from the beginning
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