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When you find something that resonates, its use is not always immediately apparent. A line in a song might be the seed for your next coding project or inspire the title for the book you’re writing. It can be difficult to predict how something that resonates today might be useful in the future.
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
I feel like I say this to a lot of people, especially aspiring fiction writers. In my experience, it is really important to do two things.
One: You have to train yourself to notice things. It's not 100% natural at first – it certainly wasn’t for me – but raising those antennae is a very worthwhile thing to do. And it snowballs: once I got started ta... See more
One: You have to train yourself to notice things. It's not 100% natural at first – it certainly wasn’t for me – but raising those antennae is a very worthwhile thing to do. And it snowballs: once I got started ta... See more
Robin Sloan • Tasting Notes With Robin Sloan
You may be on a bus and overhear someone use an interesting turn of phrase. You may hear the lyrics of a song which you find incredibly beautiful. You may find a headline in a newspaper which piques your interest. Creating a commonplace book with a series of small unrelated ideas is a bit like planting seeds: you never know which ones will grow and
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