Writing
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Writing
“We do think in words, and the fewer words we know, the more restricted our thoughts. As our vocabulary expands, so does our power to think."
- L'Engle, Madeleine. A Circle of Quiet (The Crosswicks Journals Book 1) (p. 149). Open Road Media. Kindle Edition.
I don’t write to simply generate a 1,200 word output. I consider writing to be an extension of my curiosity, and the writing process itself is what turns a rough idea into a finished product. [...] Writing is a metamorphosis that turns vague abstractions into novel ideas, but you have to go through the writing process to connect the various points... See more
Thomas Klaffke • From Chasing Goals To Falling In Love With The Process
"Write in a way that comes naturally," "Revise and rewrite," "Do not explain too much," and the rest; above all, the cleansing, clarion "Be clear."
William Strunk JR. and E.B. White • The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
"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
Storytelling is an art form that invites people along for a ride.
Kyle Harrison • Cultivating Cults
Essay Architecture is about the formal analysis of a piece. It’s not about a personal, cultural, or moral analysis of a piece, but, it does suggest that you want to shape an essay in a way os that we can see and wrestle with those dimensions.
Example: Imagine someone writes an essay about getting surgery to turn themselves into a cartoon character.
... See more1. 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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