the art of writing
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the art of writing
When I have a problem, and it’s proving difficult to solve, I’ll often go on a walk about it, go talk to a friend about it, go try to solve it again. But when it’s proving intransigent, I’ll go write an essay proving why it just cannot be solved. That almost always fixes it.
Emmett Sheartwitter.com
Rapper Lupe Fiasco teamed up with Google to create TextFX: “AI-powered tools for rappers, writers and wordsmiths”.
There’s also something to be said about collating and curating in the slow writing process—facts, knowledge, smells, descriptions, stories, passport stamps, headlines—until the collection becomes part of the transformation process. Through acute and critical attention, away from the drive of production, toward the singularity of studying a branch,... See more
Melissa Matthewson • A Revolution in Creativity: On Slow Writing
”In my experience, here’s how essays form: You get all these bits of data that stick in your head… file drawers in your head. At a certain point you realize one of the drawers is now full, and you might have an essay.” Tim Kreider on the artist at midlife.
If you really want to understand a topic, don’t read about it, write about it. The act of explaining something helps connect the dots and commit them to memory far better than the passive act of reading.
Gurwinder • 30 Useful Principles
The Great Work: Alchemy and the Power of Words – Paul Kingsnorth
Paul Kingsnorthemergencemagazine.org