Writing
Love to write~
Writing
“I’m not sure what to write about”
1. Wins
2. Goals
3. Hacks
4. Books
5. Habits
6. Beliefs
7. Failures
8. Mistakes
9. Decisions
10. Predictions
11. Life lessons
12. Mental models
13. Famous people's ideas
14. What pisses you off
16. Personal rules
17. Blueprints
18. Systems
Critical theorist Walter Benjamin once distinguished between two types of storytellers: one is a keeper of the traditions; another is the one who has journeyed afar and tells stories of other places. But there is a third, and that is the exile. The exile, with a gaze that is obscured by distance and time, may not always be precise in terms of
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
1) Write. There is no substitute. Write what you most passionately want to write, not blogs, posts, tweets or all the disposable bubblewrap in which modern life is cushioned. But start small: write a good sentence, then a good paragraph, and don’t be dreaming about writing the great American novel or what you’ll wear at the awards ceremony
... See moreRebecca Solnit • How to Be a Writer: 10 Tips From Rebecca Solnit
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
"Ah, my dearest ink-bleeder,
The wellspring that seethes within your soul spills onto parchment without your invitation, and that mere notion has left you in a state of provocative yet – dare I say – beautiful confusion. Isn't it wondrous, though nuanced with wonder? A gift innate, a gift inherent that asks only to be... See more
Use loneliness. Its ache creates urgency to reconnect with the world. Take that aching and use it to propel you deeper into your need for expression—to speak, to say who you are and how you care about light and rooms and lullabies.
Natalie Goldberg • Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
practice
repetition
maintenance
care
delayed gratification
unfolding
becoming
slow
soft