Writing
These are things that you have the experiential keys to and in so far as you’re able to sort of take what sort of abstract in these hazy intuitions and turn them into these really concrete ideas. You can then end up with ideas and storylines that other people don’t have, because these are byproducts of who you are and how you’re already living.
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We may end up exactly where we started with something resembling what we read earlier. But we’ve put in the work to arrive there ourselves. This kernel represents our perspective and we can then use that as the foundation to develop and explore further.
Bryan Lee • Why Sharing Our Perspective Matters
An essay is good if it fits a context made up of 1) the truth, 2) the intellectual needs of the writer, and 3) the reader's mind. The better the form fits that context—the truer, more insight-generating, and resonant it is—the better the essay.
Henrik Karlsson • Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process
Define your own intersection of ideas by writing about topics nobody else is writing about and putting a name to your perspective. When you write about a specific topic, you’ll find you and your audience share common challenges that double as areas of entrepreneurial opportunity and topics to write about. As you write this way, you will define your
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5. Putting it on paper lets you start fixing it. If it stays in your head, just an idea, you'll never share it with anyone.
Writing and editing are different processes.
Your first draft will be bad. Edit it to make it better.
@nathanbaugh27twitter.comWrong. I have to work on my writing all the time. My writing is a muscle that powers my online business, so I have to look at it and take care of it the same way an athlete takes care of their body.
Nick Wolny • Why Intelligent, Ambitious People Often Fail in Online Business
7. Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great. Coincidences to get them out of it are cheating.
Make everything as hard as possible for your characters.
That may mean some unfair situations. But it does not mean lucky situations.
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