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the art of writing
LessWrong
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Because right now there is someone
Out there with
a wound in the exact shape
of your words.
Out there with
a wound in the exact shape
of your words.
Sean Thomas Dougherty • “Why Bother” by Sean Thomas Dougherty
why bother to write?
Creating a collection of my favorite writing is so satisfying. It's like saving links, but I'm saving the objects themselves. There's some physicality to it, more like a bookshelf of sorts.
Crazy to think how this could evolve (1/x)
I’ve done many things to earn a living over the decades—from playing the piano to problem-solving in foreign climes—but writing is now my main focus. And the writing draws on all these earlier experiences.
This is the challenge many young writers face. They need to experience life in order to write about it. But that takes time.
This is the challenge many young writers face. They need to experience life in order to write about it. But that takes time.
An Interview With Ted Gioia
If you revise trying to answer every objection anyone has to your work, you will write something unobjectionable. Nothing is worse than unobjectionable fiction.
Elizabeth McCracken • A Long Game
"It's death to try to chase the culture. Be true to quality. Be true to your own values. There are people who are hungry for something more substantive."
— @tedgioia https://t.co/9Wh5Iq1iWA
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