Writing compass
Say the things you always wished somebody would say, but nobody has. (Mark Manson | @IAmMarkManson)
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Every great scene in theater is a fight. Think of your favorite scene from your favorite movie. Did the characters agree on everything? Nope. Writing comes alive when there's conflict hanging in the air . (Derek Thompson | @DKThomp)
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The internet rewards people who have the courage to be their true selves, no matter how weird they may be. (Garry Tan | @garrytan)
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People don’t remember books ; they remember sentences . (Morgan Housel | @morganhousel)
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If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh
Or write…or sing…or bake…or ________
When I have a piece of writing in mind, what I have, in fact, is a mental bucket: an attractor for and generator of thought. It’s like a thematic gravity well, a magnet for what would otherwise be a mess of iron filings. I’ll read books differently and listen differently in conversations. In particular I’ll remember everything better; everything... See more
James Somers • More People Should Write
Just start writing. Use your notes app. Open a doc. A scrap paper. Spill thoughts. Follow tangents. Let yourself ramble. Write something ugly and tangled and undeveloped. Not to produce or sound intelligent, but it’s to hear yourself again. To track the way your mind moves. To think your own thoughts without structure or pressure or input. You... See more
How I write with AI
Some people really can’t stand the idea of using AI to write.
But here’s how I think about it.
AI is my mixing engineer.
I’m still writing the song.
I’m laying down the chords, the melody, the lyrics—the raw track.
The mixing engineer doesn’t get songwriting credit.
They take what already exists and help it sound better.
They balance
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