the art of writing
advice from writers, and more on writing
Brie Wolfson and
the art of writing
Current AI writing tools are a great way to mass produce writing that is intensely mid, and makes you feel dead inside. Can we use AI to help the best writers do better work?
I don't know. But let's think about the bottlenecks for good writing.
Language can never capture the full human experience, but that's what makes writing so much fun.
It's a game: how much of the human experience can I capture with words?
The delight is in surprising yourself and realizing it's more than you think.
Stew Fortiertwitter.comReaders don’t have short attention spans—they have short enchantment spans . There’s an infinite amount of content out there, and readers know it. The introduction convinces a reader that their finite time alive is best spent reading this piece in front of them , and not all the other things on the internet.
Celine Nguyen • In Praise of Writing on the Internet
don't just write words. write music.
To be clear, concluding in brief: there is enough for all. So there should be no more people living in poverty. And there should be no more billionaires.
Enough should be a human right, a floor below which no one can fall; also a ceiling above which no one can rise. Enough is a good as a feast— or better.
Arranging this situation is left as an... See more
Enough should be a human right, a floor below which no one can fall; also a ceiling above which no one can rise. Enough is a good as a feast— or better.
Arranging this situation is left as an... See more
Ministry for The Future - Kim Stanley Robinson.
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Writing is an efficiency game. Whoever says the most stuff in the fewest words wins.
Make your writing concise. Concise does not mean short. It means a high density of value to words.
Everyone should write. Why? Because everyone is full of ideas they’re not aware of. This means they’re also unaware of the value of their ideas, and this value can... See more
Writing is an efficiency game. Whoever says the most stuff in the fewest words wins.
Make your writing concise. Concise does not mean short. It means a high density of value to words.
Everyone should write. Why? Because everyone is full of ideas they’re not aware of. This means they’re also unaware of the value of their ideas, and this value can... See more
You’re either writing or editing. Doing both at the same time makes both worse.
