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People read nonfiction to learn and to feel. My framework for ensuring a blog post accomplishes both is to start with a first draft that focuses on "novel" ideas.
A novel idea is one that's not just new to the reader, but also significant and not easily intuited. Think of it as new and worthwhile . I've identified five categories:
A novel idea is one that's not just new to the reader, but also significant and not easily intuited. Think of it as new and worthwhile . I've identified five categories:
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julian.com • Writing Well - Part 1 - What to Write About
Make your work personal. In doing that, you'll find something that others can connect more deeply with.
Power
If you want to make the world a better place, you have to start with where power has gone. It’s very difficult to see. We live in a world where we see ourselves as independent individuals. If you’re an independent individual, you don’t really think in terms of power. You think only in terms of your own influence on the world.
What you don’t... See more
If you want to make the world a better place, you have to start with where power has gone. It’s very difficult to see. We live in a world where we see ourselves as independent individuals. If you’re an independent individual, you don’t really think in terms of power. You think only in terms of your own influence on the world.
What you don’t... See more
Adam Curtis • The Creative Independent
the world moves so fast and there’s so much competition that you inevitably have to cut corners
Meghna Rao • Sari Azout's guide to building slow | Meridian
I like the notion that in the struggle to create something—to bring to fruition a project, a work of art, a company, whatever— sometimes the best strategy is slowness.
are.na • On Motivation
Write to express yourself, to follow your curiosity, to get to know yourself. Write to better understand the world. Write to meditate. Write to grow, to be creative, write because it’s fun.
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