the art of writing
advice from writers, and more on writing
Brie Wolfson and
the art of writing
In my experience, there is no such thing as “clerical work” in writing: the donkey work is crucial to the process, as is having to sort through the mess of the draft — that’s the art of self-editing, and it’s the art of finding what you didn’t know you were looking for
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)
It is the stuff about you that is odd that is interesting. So, don’t think to much about how you are supposed to do it, or what the genre convetions are. Just try to amuse yourself.
Another way to phrase it: the best writing tend to be when you surrender to your nature. This is hard to do!
Here is a classic pattern: you try really hard to do
... See moreThe most important advantage of writing is that it helps us confront ourselves when we do not understand something as well as we would like to believe.
How to Take Smart Notes Quotes by Sönke Ahrens
The direction language models indeed prompt you to follow (pun intended) often leads you somewhere boring — to the land of averages
Alberto Romero • You Are Killing Your Greatest Ideas
When you have trouble writing, it’s usually because you don’t know what you’re trying to say. Most writing problems are actually thinking problems. And you can't copyedit your way out of poor thinking.
sari and
Can’t ever get this image out of my head…
Great writers write musically. https://t.co/J8wDku8r62
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