the art of writing
advice from writers, and more on writing
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the art of writing
I’ve been teaching creative writing for many years. And teaching writing is a weird thing, because it’s not just about helping students master a subject. It’s really about helping them discover what stories they’re meant to tell, how best to tell those stories, and how to overcome the inhibitions that inevitably arise when we seize the mantle of... See more
Steve Almond Tells Us
Garry Tan isn't just the CEO of Y Combinator.
He's also a passionate writer, has a YouTube channel with 251,000 subscribers, and once turned a $300k investment into $2 billion.
Here are 10 of his best ideas:
1. How to write a good YC application: Teach the... See more
"Redemption comes from a character who has incurred a moral debt through their actions then making good on that moral debt by performing some deed or service or act of heroism that will ameliorate the bad. That seems simple enough. But in the arid secular plains of modernity and its accompanying moral relativism, what is even good? What is even bad? How can there be redemption in the absence of a functioning moral schema?"
