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Taste requires originality. It invokes an aspirational authenticity. Writer George Saunders calls this “achieving the iconic space,” and it’s what he’s after when he meets his creative writing students. “They arrive already wonderful. What we try to do over the next three years is help them achieve what I call their “iconic space” — the place from ... See more
Brie Wolfson • Notes on “Taste”
the story shape is structured around how they find, retrieve and finally master the quality in their life that has eluded them.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
The Cultural Tutor, on Writing Every Day, Growing a Twitter Audience, and Reading Old Books
open.spotify.com“human-powered discovery engine for interestingness.”
Maria Popova • Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age
Cultivating a timeless and enduring writing voice is inevitable when you write from your gut, enjoy the process, and say what you really mean.
This will transcend all the bullshit trends and fads, ensuring your content remains relevant and influential over time
This will transcend all the bullshit trends and fads, ensuring your content remains relevant and influential over time
Alex Mathers • 11 good reasons to develop a distinguishable writing voice
London Writers’ Salon, which runs a free, remote co-working group called Writers’ Hour. Every weekday, four times a day, a few hundred writers (and some non-writers) assemble on a Zoom video call.
Ali Abdaal • Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
1. The aim of my writing is never to make money. If there are opportunities, I will pay attention, but it is never the direct aim. I obsessively focus on other funding mechanisms such that I don't have to worry much about how to monetize writing.
2. I write for readers like me. I dislike a lot of the current trends in books. I think they dumb down t... See more
2. I write for readers like me. I dislike a lot of the current trends in books. I think they dumb down t... See more
Paul Millerd • Tweet
serving an unmet need