the art of writing
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the art of writing
How to Write – A memo drafted by David Ogilvy on September 7, 1982, for the management to circulate as they saw fit.
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
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.comWriting 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... See more