why I write
If you want to become a great writer, you need to allow yourself to create “junk.”
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writing is a way of connecting with yourself, your deepest thoughts and feelings, particularly when the first seem mysterious and the second hard to fathom.
Anna Quindlen • Write for Your Life
Journal writing is like singing in the shower—I can let ’er rip without fear of judgment.
Phillip Lopate • Writers and Their Notebooks
Journaling!
quality has no discernable metric
-miter
Writing is a costly signal of caring about something. Good writing, in fact, might be a sign of pathological caring.
Adam Mastroianni • 28 Slightly Rude Notes on Writing
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