Writing
Love to write~
Writing
Sentences short, brave, and clear.
7 ways to harvest your stories:
- Recall places you lived.
- Reflect on painful experiences and failures.
- Remind yourself of joyful experiences and successes.
- Make a list of the significant people in your history. How is life different because of the people on your list?
- List important lessons you learned. What happened before those lessons? What was
Dan Rockwell • 3 Reasons Smart Leaders Tell Stories – How You Can Too
cosmos : not just a synonym for universe, but a beautiful universe (cosmetic)
sophistry : rhetorical masters without a compass, from ancient Greece, hucksters and mercenaries; using the dark arts of craft to deceive populations.
philosophy : the communal pursuit of wisdom (philo = friends, sophia = wisdom).
prescient : foresight into the future
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 morewriting is a way of connecting with yourself, your deepest thoughts and feelings, particularly when the first seem mysterious and the second hard to fathom.
Anna Quindlen • Write for Your Life
“Every morning, you MUST love your whims and trust your whims, as you write anything and everything you desire, without shame, without purpose. Let it suck and let it be brilliant, too. Write way too much and then write too little. Feel hopeful and feel ashamed and understand that this is how you will live forever. Your brain is melodramatic. It
... See moreGrace 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
Writing is refined thinking.
Stephen King • On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft (A Memoir of the Craft (Reissue))
Turns out, great writing is simple—if you do these 6 things every day:
1. Take long walks For each of these legends, daily walks were the staple of their creative process. • Thinking • Listening • Outlining • Observing 95% of their writing happened during long walks. By the time they sat down to type, they knew exactly what to say.
2. Capture
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