Writing
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Writing
A book is made of books. “The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading; a man will turn over half a library to make one book,” Samuel Johnson said.
Ryan Holiday • These Are 23 Great Rules To Be A Productive Creative
Writing is a generosity, even to yourself.
Kurt Vonnegut • Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style
Economist and bestselling author @tylercowen reads 100+ books a year.
Here are 18 tips from him on how to read fast, read well, and read widely:
1) Cowen’s first rule of reading is as follows: You need not finish. He takes up books with great hope and no mercy, and when he is done—sometimes... See more
Writing is not about getting letters on a page. It’s not about getting done with text. It’s finding a clear and simple expression for what we feel, mean, and want to express
"We are writers, and we never ask one another where we get our ideas; we know we don’t know."
Stephen King • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Some points to defend the POV that “essay quality is objective.”
Specific scope: You have to set the scope small enough to “essays.” Books, memoirs, newsletter and other written mediums have their own criteria. Songs and films are even more different. I think it’s important not to get bogged down in genre, and instead to see genre as a culturally
The second question— What do you believe about this topic? [which I suggest writing as a series of “I believe...” statements]—reveals all of the ideas you can write about confidently, as well as creating options for how to make those arguments. It also exposes those ideas you’re less convinced of and should therefore dig further into, treat with... See more
