writing practice
note taking is essentially single-player collaboration where you communicate with your future self
Julian Lehr • A Meta-Layer for Notes
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The vicious circle: the less often I engage in any creative pursuits, the harder it is for me to start. Creative work makes us feel better, but like everything that requires practice, it becomes harder when we stop, partially because we lose the benefits it gives us.
111 - Untested
You should write because when you know that you’re going to write, it changes the way you live. I’m thinking about a book I read called Field Notes on Science & Nature , a collection of essays by scientists about their notes. It’s hard to imagine a more tedious concept — a book of essays about notes ? — but in execution it was wonderful. What it... See more
James Somers • More People Should Write
Finding the right-fit homes for your writing takes time and continual experimentation. Building supportive systems is part of making a writing practice that feels true to you .
Maggy • Whim worship
These days, when I’m stuck in my own work, rather than banging my head against the same wall, I try to get a different perspective. That could be as simple as switching from writing on a computer to longhand, or from writing to drawing if it’s relevant, or even just going for a run — which is remarkably effective at giving me new ideas when I’m
... See moredavidepstein.bulletin.com • A Technique Championed by Russian Writers (And Fraggles) Can Give You a New Perspective | Meta Bulletin
From experience, I knew what to do. Write. Write anything. Bad sentences, meaningless sentences, anything to get the mind fixed again to that sheet of paper and oblivious of the ‘real’ world. Write until the words begin to make sense, the cogs mesh, the wheels start to turn, the creaking movement quickens and becomes a smooth, oiled run, and then,
... See moreMary Stewart • Stormy Petrel
The lesson here,” the artist Joshua Citarella once wrote, “is that we often don't know what the important work is while we’re making it…you may look back a decade from now and realize that the real work was actually what you were putting online.”