the art of writing
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the art of writing
If you write to please others, you are selling out. You are in the process of audience capture. This way of talking, which is how the fear in me talks, is common—as if writing for an audience and writing for yourself are at odds with each other. I really used to feel like that.
But I no longer think that it is quite right. The relationship between... See more
But I no longer think that it is quite right. The relationship between... See more
Henrik Karlsson • Writing as Communion
this is beautiful: “people interested not in a particular version of you, but in the process of you.” this is why building in public gets so much love.
247 You will know that you’re done with something when you can’t imagine making it better. For some writers that’s a state of exhilaration: They’ve done everything they can. This beautiful accomplishment! Nothing can improve it. Others of us arrive at the same place, despondent: This ramshackle thing. I’ve reached the end of my powers. Nothing can
... See moreElizabeth McCracken • A Long Game
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Write with Open Access
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100 Ways to Improve Your Writing (Updated): Proven Professional Techniques for Writing with Style and Power
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If you want to know why writing is so hard for people, ask them: “When was the last time you focused on one thing for more than an hour, without any distractions?”
A lack of focus is as limiting as a lack of skill.
nametwitter.comI like writing that is unsummarizable, a kernel that cannot be condensed, that must be uttered exactly as it is.