the art of writing
advice from writers, and more on writing
Brie Wolfson and
the art of writing
I think of writing a lot like walking. It’s rarely the most popular, the most effective, or the most efficient way of getting to your destination. I don’t always want to do it, and it’s not always technically enjoyable; sometimes it’s boring or slow, sometimes it’s tiring and pointless, sometimes it’s cold or wet or windy and I’m retracing the same... See more
Rayne Fisher-Quann • Choosing to Walk
1. The aim of my writing is never to make money. If there are opportunities, I will pay attention, but it is never the direct aim. I obsessively focus on other funding mechanisms such that I don't have to worry much about how to monetize writing.
2. I write for readers like me. I dislike a lot of the current trends in books. I think they dumb down... See more
2. I write for readers like me. I dislike a lot of the current trends in books. I think they dumb down... See more
Paul Millerd • Tweet
superb writing (and life) advice from paul millerd
If you revise trying to answer every objection anyone has to your work, you will write something unobjectionable. Nothing is worse than unobjectionable fiction.
Elizabeth McCracken • A Long Game
Differentiate your content. And more tips for makers who are “bad at marketing” | Product Hunt
Sarah Wrightproducthunt.com
If you really want to understand a topic, don’t read about it, write about it.
Gurwinder • 30 Useful Principles
From George Saunders, on nuance and embracing complexity:
... See morethe writer doesn't have to have a fixed firm idea, but has to be able to take the reader on a journey to remind her that the world is complicated. From the very beginning, I understood writing to be about some kind of moral or ethical imperative. Absent that, I'm not that interested in it,
Can’t ever get this image out of my head…
Great writers write musically. https://t.co/J8wDku8r62
simon and
From Product/Market Fit to Language/Market Fit: A New Brand Storytelling Framework
Sari Azoutsariazout.medium.com
