writing
I find explaining any actually interesting idea usually requires explaining like 5 subsidiary ideas. If you’re lucky. If you’re unlucky it’s like 25 and either they’re ready for a three hour lecture or you’re not going to succeed.
Emmett Shear • Tweet
The 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
"I wanted to be a writer not a content creator"
amiemcnee.substack.com
Seeing your ideas crumble can be a frustrating experience, but it is the point if you are writing to think. You want it to break. It is in the cracks the light shines in.
Henrik Karlsson • How to Think in Writing
the best measure of a blog post is how many good conversations it leads to
email replies, coffees, new friends, etc. all are much more fun/valuable than likes and views
jasmine sunx.comPosting can be fun, entertaining, and even enlightening. But when we want to share a creative act we went deep into the void to create, we owe our work more than a post. We owe it a RELEASE.
A RELEASE is a richer and deeper expression of an idea. A release is not just the work, it’s anticipating the work. There’s an invitation to become part of it... See more
A RELEASE is a richer and deeper expression of an idea. A release is not just the work, it’s anticipating the work. There’s an invitation to become part of it... See more
Yancey Strickler • Do you post or do you RELEASE?
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.