Flavia Gentile
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Flavia Gentile
In an age where AI can generate anything, the question is no longer "can it be made?" but "is it worth making?" The frontier isn’t volume—it’s discernment . And in that shift, taste has become a survival skill.
Taste Is the New Intelligence
King talks about finishing a manuscript and then putting it away for a few weeks, letting it mellow a bit, in order to return to it with fresh eyes.
On Achieving Writing Distance
Between drafts: "How long you let your book rest— sort of like bread dough between kneadings— is entirely up to you, but I think it should be a minimum of six weeks. During this time your manuscript will be safely shut away in a desk drawer, aging and (one hopes) mellowing."
Stephen King • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Creating is essential, but equally vital is amplifying others’ voices, sharing their stories, and letting their work fuel your own creativity.
Tuğba Avcisubstack.com
What science tells us about writer’s block—and how to move beyond it:
> In 2019, researchers from the University of North Florida set out to crack the code on writer’s block. Sarah J. Ahmed and C. Dominik Güss recruited 146 fiction and non-fiction writers from various professions and various levels of expertise. They... See more
Jillian Hesssubstack.com