Reading and Writing
by Anna B · updated 2mo ago
Reading and Writing
by Anna B · updated 2mo ago
how was it possible to catch up with leisured women, who had been reading steadily from childhood?
Anna B added 2mo ago
Anna B added 2mo ago
1) Write. There is no substitute. Write what you most passionately want to write, not blogs, posts, tweets or all the disposable bubblewrap in which modern life is cushioned. But start small: write a good sentence, then a good paragraph, and don’t be dreaming about writing the great American novel or what you’ll wear at the awards ceremony becaus
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Learning to write comes from reading, both the work of published writers and of our peers, and from using one’s powers of insight and creativity to analyze what one reads and figure out why it works when it does and what is missing when it doesn’t. This is where knowledge is gained, and it’s slow and frustrating, nebulous, diffuse, much less direct
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