the art of writing
You don’t have writer’s block. You’re just scared to say what you actually think. As my friend Jeremy Giffon says: “The best writing prompt for when I'm stuck is simply ‘be more honest.”
David Perell • 31 Ways to Improve Your Writing
Be more honest with your writing. Writing tip
If you update the language and some references, books written thousands of years ago sound like they could have been written today. The human condition remains the same. Your book has all the wisdom you need. Read metaphorically, and apply it to your modern life.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
Timeless topics will never get old. Reading metophorically is a good one. I know i can do more of this
In employing prescriptions, he will approach the non-mechanical in a mechanical way. He will replace the power of his instincts, with manufactured notions of correctness and incorrectness. He will replace his inner voice with the voices of others. And when the prescriptions begin to fail, he will need new ones.
Kapil Gupta • There Is No HOW
Why most creators create new products?
Don't wait to start writing until you have something to say. Start writing so you can find out what you have to say.
Your first idea is rarely your best idea. It can take a lot of reps before you discover something worth keeping.
How can you ensure that the things you say are true and novel and important? Believe it or not, there is a trick for doing this. I learned it from my friend Robert Morris, who has a horror of saying anything dumb. His trick is not to say anything unless he's sure it's worth hearing. This makes it hard to get opinions out of him, but when you do, th... See more
Paul Graham • How to Write Usefully
I write so I don't sound like an idiot when I speak." —Charlie Bleecker
George Orwell • How to Write an Essay Well
Writing quote
When people give opinions, add a question mark. If they say, “Immigration is bad,” change it to, “Immigration is bad?” Let the questions drift away, unanswered.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
Question everything? Don't take on everything as truth
You can almost always improve your writing by being more specific. Don’t write “I got in my car” when you can write “I got in my ‘65 Mustang.”
David Perell • 31 Ways to Improve Your Writing
Writing tip
Master, what about pursuits such as in sports, business, the performing arts . . . Are prescriptions equally poisonous in those domains. M: Yes. S: But there is a technique to those things, is there not. M: There are indeed some mechanical elements. Such as physical technique. And, as they apply to a mechanical element, prescriptions may be of some
... See moreKapil Gupta • There Is No HOW
This applies to art and writing