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Writing
People have all kinds of ambitions, goals, and plans, but consistently following through is the hard part. Some people are wired to make steady progress or have learned to do this well. But many people depend on external pressures and constraints, feedback, check-ins, and high stakes — financial, professional, or social — to spur them into action.... See more
kev • On the proliferation and efficiency of writing circles
It is humbling to see how much crossing out Dickens did, how much rewriting and cutting.
Anna Quindlen • Write for Your Life
The scoring system for Essay Architecture serves as: 1) a checklist in your own editing process, 2) as a way to analyze the overall quality of a draft, 3) as a way to track progress over time.
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It’s amazing what reading other writers’ good writing can do for our own.
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Best way to find direction? Read .
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Best way to find clarity? Read .
It’s amazing what reading other writers’ good writing can do for our own.
Wes Pearce • These 11 Substack Notes Brought Me 200+ Subscribers. Here's How & Why
What you write should sound just like you talking when you’re at your best — when your ideas flow swiftly and in good order, when your syntax is smooth, your vocabulary accurate, and afterward you think that you couldn’t possibly have put things any better than you did.
Kenneth Roman • Writing That Works
change is at the root of all drama,
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Research is formalised curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. Zora Neale Hurston
Russell Davies • Do Interesting: Notice. Collect. Share. (Do Books Book 36)
Two simple rules:
- You get better at what you practice.
- Everything is practice.