Writing
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Writing
There’s definitely a place for stream of consciousness. My sense is that the more analytical, slow, and entrenched my editing process for long form is, the better my one-take typewriter essays are. There’s a world in which the patterns of the craft become automatic, and over 50% of what you make is ready to go. I think it’s extremely rare to start
... See more“Be yourself. Whether on Substack or anywhere else, it helps immeasurably to be who you actually are, to let yourself be seen and heard for your true self, and, in that way, to write what only you can write. What does that mean? To write what only you can write? Well, only you can answer that. It is a question to dwell on, to enter into, to sit
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It’s amazing what reading other writers’ good writing can do for our own.
Best way to get inspiration? Read .
Best way to find direction? Read .
Best way to get motivated? Read .
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
Grace Lin: She asks, Where do you get your ideas?... See more
Mo Willems: Well, Leah, that's a very good question and I'm afraid you may not like the answer because ideas are not things you get. People tend to think that ideas are things like diamonds. And then you go out and you get them and you grab them and you bring them back. But that's not what ideas are.
Grace Lin • Episode 9: Where do you get your ideas? With Mo Willems — Kids Ask Authors
I’ll also use chunks as thought-starters for exploratory writing. In essence, I’m keeping an inventory of thoughts on my computer. I’m stockpiling ideas, stories, and prose
Mark Levy • Accidental Genius
Well, you need dirt to grow plants. A farmer I admire once wrote that 90% of his job was dirt management. Manage the dirt well and the plants grow themselves.