Writing
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Writing
Know of > Know about > Relate to > Embody
Know of = Heard of
Know about = Know theory
Relate to = Personal connection, to practice and try on, some personal relation to develop experience and connection
Embody = Living and breathing it, being natural, IN body and subconscious
"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
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
Well-arranged words rearrange reality.
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
There are times I sit down to write this thing and all I’ve got is a spark of an idea. There’s nothing fiery in my belly waiting to get out. This is one such time. I was whining about it to my husband and he wisely said, “just write about all your half ideas.”
Half Ideas
Writing can lead to reflection, reflection can lead to understanding, understanding can lead to happiness.
Anna Quindlen • Write for Your Life
1. Read something great. Tolstoy. Dickens. Flaubert.
2. Phone in the other room.
3. Noise cancelling headphones. (Essential).
4. Just keep going.
5. Wallow in the best bits. Read aloud. Write them down. Put them on the wall.
7. Read same book as a friend.
8. Just.... See more
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