the art of writing
advice from writers, and more on writing
Brie Wolfson and
the art of writing
The only thing that matters, to me, is to arrange the writing in such a way that I repeatedly return to ideas again and again . I want to reread and make comments and rearrange my notes, not just type it and move on. The reason for that: I’m not particularly interesting or insightful at any point in time, but if I let five or ten Henriks layer... See more
Henrik Karlsson • Writing in a way that gets your thoughts to flow
an interview about instant messenger that takes place on instant messenger. the lesson is simple: writing is hard because it forces us to improve our thinking.
I believe an essay is the most flexible written medium, and it calls for a fusion of genres: the soul of a memoirist, the pen of a poet, and the rigor of an academic. By learning to shape a thesis, your essays will become more than gripping stories with beautiful sentences, they will help you and your reader make sense of the world.
Michael Dean • THESIS
If you really want to understand a topic, don’t read about it, write about it.