the art of writing
advice from writers, and more on writing
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the art of writing
It is the stuff about you that is odd that is interesting. So, don’t think to much about how you are supposed to do it, or what the genre convetions are. Just try to amuse yourself.
Another way to phrase it: the best writing tend to be when you surrender to your nature. This is hard to do!
Here is a classic pattern: you try really hard to do
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Anu • Franchise Thinking
When I sit down to write, the meadow is still sunk in darkness, and above it, satellites pass by, one after the other. My thoughts are flighty and shapeless; they morph as I approach them. But when I type, it is as if I pin my thoughts to the table. I can examine them. They feel porous to the touch and crumble. But among the fragments, I discover... See more
Henrik Karlsson • How to Think in Writing
So much value and love for the process of writing and what it does for the coherence between heart, brain, imagination, lived reality, unseen, and seen realms.
I recently tried using AI to help my sister write a college essay and everything it generated was so bad it actually set back my ideating and flow significantly... See more
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I used to feel that everything had been said already. But the more I write, the more I feel that there is so much left to be said.
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