the art of writing
advice from writers, and more on writing
Brie Wolfson and
the art of writing
Many people assume they are bad at writing because it is hard. This is like assuming you are bad at weightlifting because the weight is heavy.
Writing is useful because it is hard. It's the effort that goes into writing a clear sentence that leads to better thinking.
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Joe Pompeovanityfair.com
Because right now there is someone
Out there with
a wound in the exact shape
of your words.
Out there with
a wound in the exact shape
of your words.
Sean Thomas Dougherty • “Why Bother” by Sean Thomas Dougherty
why bother to write?
Takeaways from Jerry Seinfeld on Tim Ferriss:
To survive in comedy you have to be a writer
“As any writer can tell you it’s 95% re-write”
“I think I could solve just about anyone’s life, I don’t care what you do, with weight training and transcendental meditation” Jerry Seinfeld
“If you could take your experiences and ask to trade them in, the last
this hurdle I have to jump over each time I write: How can I say this more crisply? When I write (which is really just to say: when I think) it all boils down to one simple, but utterly excruciating question: What am I really trying to say here?
Isabel Hazan • distillation
If what you want is a content-marketing blog post that serves more to incrementally improve Google search results than to be read by an actual human, AI might help. If you want to think deeply through a subject and synthesize knowledge, then communicate that knowledge to others, it’s going to be better if you just struggle through the painful... See more
Kyle Chayka • My writing robot
i think this will change over time, but agree this sums up the current state of AI writing tools.