Emma G (zSydir)
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Emma G (zSydir)
So the point is to take the work seriously but you don’t take yourself too seriously. There’s a riff about this in Stephen Pressfield’s War of Art, where he talks about how amateurs are too precious with their work: “The professional has learned, however, that too much love can be a bad thing. Too much love can make him choke. The seeming detachmen
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There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. —Ernest Hemingway
Tom White • How to Write Anything
“I don't know what I think until I write it down.”
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Joan Didion
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Joan Didion
A quote by Joan Didion
Writing is a generosity, even to yourself.
Kurt Vonnegut • Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style
"Writing is the superpower of humankind. It is our truest form of magic.
Writing allows you to conjure up something of value where nothing previously existed. It costs little for you to write down the lessons of your life and yet those few minutes spent writing can be life-altering for the right reader. As I once saw it put: "there is someone out th
... See moreWriting doesn't just communicate ideas; it generates them.
Writing is a method of paying attention to the experience of being alive. More than just putting words on the page, it is about engaging with the world in an attuned, open, and curious way. Whether it’s writing essays, painting, dancing, or cooking — it’s all variations of the same act: A way to show your work as you figure out how to be alive.
Rosie Spinks • Show your work
That’s the essence of all this. I write in a notebook every day. But I almost never go back and look at what I wrote. Writing in a notebook is about transferring things from the world to your brain, not to your notebook. Your notebook is a lens for looking at the world, not a box to keep it in.