why I write
Take this post you’re reading - it’s a self-imposed container I created, and now I have an impulse to fill it. A year ago, I wanted to make more space for writing in my life, so I created a container for it. If spag mol didn't exist, I wouldn't write (and therefore think) as much as I do.
is your container too big, too small, or just right?
an incubator for ideas that aren’t fully formed yet
You write the first draft for yourself, but you write the second draft for a stranger.
Michael Dean • The Secret Architecture of Great Essays
Mill is trying to figure out what he believes is true, and what he can stand for, and how to live. But the way he does it is, at first glance, the opposite of feeling: he is constructing a system of thought, a philosophy. He is hunting down the contradictions in his intuitions and his thoughts; he insists on finding ways of thinking that allow him
... See moreIf I want to be a writer who is any good, I really think I am going to have to be bored more often, which means sequestering my attention to my surroundings: the mundane, the slow, the IRL.
Confessions Of An Attention Seeker
Writers are magpies. We observe, mimic, remix and remake. Being transparent about how our work exists in community is great.
Saeed Jones • Here Are Some Ideas For Essays You Could Write
