the art of writing
advice from writers, and more on writing
Brie Wolfson and
the art of writing
Brie Wolfson and
I don’t love writing; I love having a problem I believe I might someday write my way out of.
Saying the most with the least

I wanna write a poem. But I want it to say what you’re thinking. I wanna patch up the holes when your boat starts sinking. I wanna write that ‘one of a kind’ poem, that ‘free your mind’ poem, that ‘I like how you made that rhyme’ poem, that ‘I like that last line’ poem, that ‘Can I hear that one more time? (That is, if you don’t mind.)’ poem. I
... See morethe secret to good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or a new thing in an old way.
- Richard Harding Davis