on writing

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instagram.com • Psalm 27:1-2 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the

honestly? writing is cardio. > Comfort is comfortable, writing is uncomfortable (mentally and physically) and to write a lot for a long stretch of time is like being the world’s least coordinated endurance athlete.

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Good writing is meditative writing. It’s a polished and cohesive train of thought, devoid of superfluous babble. If intrusive thoughts make their way into your writing and you neglect to edit them out, your work will suffer. Quality writing does not arise from a stream of consciousness or absent-mindedness. It’s a practice of meditating on a... See more

Jen Hitze • Attention, Distraction, and Your Responsibility

“How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.”

— David Foster Wallace

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This is a cool example of how you can use AI to help your writing—without relying on it for any actual writing. From @Jasmine Sun

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