the art of writing

advice from writers, and more on writing

Opinion | If You Have Something to Say, Then Say It (Published 2021)

“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know”—a sentence, he added, without “scrollwork or ornament.”

andrea

Sentences short, brave, and clear.

gabriel

"When I'm writing a first draft, I'm just putting sand into a bucket, so I can build the sandcastle later."

alex

When writing, write yourself into a good idea. It takes time.

lili

andrea

There’s a quote I like from Theodor Adorno, who said, “for a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes place to live." While I’ve never been a refugee, I still feel that quote really strongly, as someone who’s never quite felt fully at home in most of my ordinary life– always a bit of an alien, always an outsider, always a minority, always... See more

visakan veerasamy • Notes Versus Posts

sari

Julie Zhuo on accelerating your career, impostor syndrome, writing, building product sense, using intuition vs. data, hiring designers, and moving into management

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Gaia Soykok

I think this is the way we’ll use AI to write in the future. We’ll interact with AI in a continuous, back-and-forth way. We’ll write a few sentences, and then we’ll ask it for suggestions. We’ll write a few more sentences, and then we’ll ask it again. We’ll keep going back and forth like this, and over time the AI will get better as it learns more... See more

Every • Writing with Machines

Stuart Evans