Writing about writing

Where I go for proof and patterns

Once I feel like I have a solid angle to work with, I start looking for more support for it. This isn’t just for simple proof, but to give the piece depth and texture. And this also doesn’t simply mean overly academic sources or hard data (though those are definitely useful too). I look for evidence in a broader... See more

Once I have a topic, I have to figure out what I actually want to say about it. I don’t want to just circle around why it’s interesting, but what it means about our world and the people in it. A “deep dive” has to reveal something that the reader may never have considered before.

This is when you need to start zooming out. Take whatever main point... See more