writing
In other words, writing as identity. And identity formation is hard! It requires a great deal of invisible labor and discipline. In fact, the common thread among friends I admire for their precise and elegant writing is their absurdly dogged work ethic.
I think I want to write essays that are like jazz improvisations: spend a lot of time building up rigorous ways of thinking and gathering stories, but then, in the moment of writing, I pull on that improvisationally in relation to a structural idea that provides momentum
Henrik Karlssonsubstack.com
my “writing process” is that I spend weeks/months collecting fragments, links, and quotes in a giant apple note until one day I decide to barf it all out in a single 16-hour writing frenzy
> I can float around the rest of the week—do coffee chats and see my friends and sit around reading in the park—but every... See more
Jasmine Sunsubstack.comI publish essays nearly weekly now, but that is not a reasonable cadance at all if you are learning to write. The first year I wrote my blog, in 2021, I managed to publish 5 pieces. In 2022: 8. It was basically the only thing I did in my spare time.
Henrik Karlssonsubstack.comThe first 90 percent of writing an essay takes up the first 90% of your time.
The remaining 10 percent takes up the other 90%.
Alex Dobrenko`substack.com
