writer's (un)block
Paragraphs are almost as important for how they look as for what they say; they are maps of intent.
Stephen King • On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft (A Memoir of the Craft (Reissue))
We, as cultural workers, people who labor in paintbrushes, camera lenses, Photoshop, song, pen and paper, and other forms of artistic labor, have to see ourselves and our work as weapons in a war for liberation. Our task is heavy: to create a culture of revolution.
Musa • Cultural Worker, Not A “Creative”
The most important advantage of writing is that it helps us to confront ourselves when we do not understand something as well as we would like to believe.
Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
“I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too,”
I like writing that is unsummarizable, a kernel that cannot be condensed, that must be uttered exactly as it is.
Sarah Manguso • 300 Arguments
There's something strangely difficult in writing just for oneself. As far as I can tell, almost no-one can do it productively9:10. We think better when the stakes are higher, and one of the best ways of raising the stakes is to make a document into something you're sharing with people whose good opinion you desire. Even just sharing with one such p... See more
How to use a personal website to enhance your ability to think and create?
write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out.
Stephen King • On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft (A Memoir of the Craft (Reissue))
to write is human, to edit is divine.