writing
I 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.comas people age, they tend to find themselves consuming more and creating less. To put it bluntly: the easiest way to live a short unimportant life is to consume the world around you rather than contribute to it.
When I write about my very specific problems I trust that the reader can generalize to their situation - and they can. It also empowers them because they have to arrive at their own conclusions which is good.
Henrik Karlssonx.comThe special thing about a small personal blog is that you can think aloud at length in a way that is not ok to do around strangers irl and that can really accelerate how fast you get to know someone
Henrik Karlssonx.com
Now, and for the rest of my brief life, I'll be trying to write narrative non-fiction that isn't entirely crap. Narrative non-fiction is the catch-all term for factual writing that uses narrative, literary-like techniques to create a compelling story for the reader. It's non-fiction work that goes beyond presenting bland information in chronologica... See more
Maggie Appleton • The Finest Narrative Non-Fiction Essays
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 Thursday... See more
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