the art of writing
- Excellence is the war you wage until every trace of the struggle disappears
from đź’Ą Attaining Excellence with Airbnb, Stanley Kubrick, Maya Angelou, and more
sari added 14d ago
easy reading is hard writing
- But the future is not a self-fulfilling prophecy - 8 billion people on this planet have a voice and that carries far more weight than one person with 8 billion dollars. We just forgot how to exercise it.
from Science Fiction Can Still Deliver Visions Of The Future by Theo Priestley
Mary Martin added 10mo ago
It reminds me of writing and how I wake up week after week and get stuck on the blank page again and again. How I always despair that I have no more good ideas and, even if I did, not enough eloquence to convey said ideas. But I love it still. I love how writing brings everything to the surface, how it generates and absorbs my attention. How it tap
... See morefrom in praise of slowing down
sari added 1y ago
- "In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts."
from Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
sari and added 1y ago
- Handwriting, compared to typing, results in more complex brain connectivity patterns, enhancing learning and memory. This study used EEG data from 36 students to compare brain activity while writing by hand and typing.
Handwriting, whether in cursive on a touchscreen or traditional pen and paper, activated extensive brain regions, vital for memory a... See morefrom Handwriting Boosts Brain Connectivity and Learning - Neuroscience News by Neuroscience News
Mary Martin added 9mo ago
- Writing gave words permanence. Typewriters reduced the friction between having a thought and transferring it onto a page. Computers reduced the cost of editing thoughts after you typed them. The internet made it possible to send your words anywhere, instantly, for zero cost. And now AI will help you think through ideas more completely as you type t... See more
from Writing with Machines by Every
Stuart Evans added 1y ago
- The robot was quite good at copying my style, but much less good at writing anything meaningful. It could predict which words I would be most likely to use but it couldn’t make an original argument for me. Using the robot made me think a lot about the nature of writing and what goes in to its peculiar form of labor. AI tools fundamentally promise t... See more
from My writing robot by Kyle Chayka
sari added 1y ago
- Feeling like you’re worth listening to is a byproduct of making hard decisions and teasing out of them cohesive and convincing personal stories that help you make sense of the world.
from confidence by Molly Mielke
Joey DeBruin added 9mo ago
I don’t love writing; I love having a problem I believe I might someday write my way out of.
from 300 Arguments by Sarah Manguso
sari added 9mo ago