Writing
Es war ja nicht so, als könnte ich die Schule nicht leiden. Ich ging sogar ganz gerne hin. Wegen der Leute. Was also gewissermaßen erklärte, wofür ich nicht hinging. Mir war nicht klar, wie Alma das machte oder Johann. Ich hatte einfach immer so viele Geschichten und Bilder und Vorstellungen und Träume im Kopf, dass zwischen Brasilien und nun auch
... See moreEwald Arenz • Der Große Sommer
The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.
Feynman Principle
Switch from team “I will one day write something good” to team “I have no choice but to write a piece of shit” and then take off your “bad writer” hat and replace it with a “petty critic” hat and go to town on that poor hack’s draft and that’s your second draft. Fifteen drafts later, or whenever someone paying you starts yelling at you, who knows,... See more
Read Dan Harmon’s Excellent Advice for Overcoming Writer’s Block
The Bell Jar
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– Harry Dry
To discover what I think . It’s easy to fool yourself in a journal by writing open-ended, rambling thoughts without any conclusion or action. But writing for an unknown audience requires more thought and rigor. I have to open my mind to the variety of perspectives others might bring to the subject, which helps me avoid tunnel vision and insular th
... See moreRobert Breen • Why Blogs Matter
To find my voice . It took staring down my 50th birthday to believe I had a valuable perspective to share. My writing to that point had been private musings in a journal or business memos.
Robert Breen • Why Blogs Matter
When you write-to-release, you will end up learning about yourself in the process (which will help to inform the other types of writing I’ll go over). Oftentimes, you don’t know what you’re holding onto until you let it all out, and the great thing about the practice is that all fear of judgment is nullified. There is only honesty, and that purity
... See moreLawrence Yeo • The Three Types of Writing
So the difference between the first and second type of writing can be found in this simple reframe:
When you are writing-to-think, do it as if one other person will read it.
That’s it. Not tens. Not hundreds. Just one.
There are 2 reasons why you want to imagine that just one person will read it:
(1) It will lower any pressure for this piece to perf
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Whenever I don’t know what I think about something, I use this form of writing. In the hopes that my experience may clarify yours, here are some practical ways to go about it:
• All writing-to-think stems from a problem you’re wrestling with, or a problem you want to understand better. So the moment you become interested in a problem, make note of i
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