Writing
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Writing
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
Harrison Moore • One lesson and one puzzle from running my first writing workshop
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
this hurdle I have to jump over each time I write: How can I say this more crisply? When I write (which is really just to say: when I think) it all boils down to one simple, but utterly excruciating question: What am I really trying to say here?
Isabel Hazan • distillation
Music done right captures a resonance between math and language.
Harmony/rhythm is basically a space/time language that is mathematical (an octave is a unit of space, a measure is a unit of time, and it’s all about how you carve and layer within those units). Lyrics are obviously the linguistic half of it. In the most basic songs, a nice poem is
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I think that every writer should have a question they can ask that there is no end to the pursuit of. Every writer should have questions big enough and pressing enough and multi-faceted enough and unanswerable enough that they occupy their entire life, however long or short it is
Jenny Zhang on writing the secret languages inside your head
To live in our Father’s story, remember these three things: Don’t demand that the story go your way. (In other words, surrender completely.) Look for the Storyteller. Look for his hand, and then pray in light of what you are seeing. (In other words, develop an eye for Jesus.) Stay in the story. Don’t shut down when it goes the wrong way. This last
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