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Mar 7, 2024
8 thoughts on Writing to Learn by William Zinsser (1998) 1. Writing is a way to explore a question and gain control over it. 2. An idea can have value in itself, but its usefulness diminishes to the extent that you can’t articulate it to someone else. 3. Writing organizes and
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Apr 29, 2024
Notes on creativity from Isaac Asimov 1. It is only afterward that a new idea seems reasonable. 2. To be a crackpot is not, however, enough in itself. 3. As far as creativity is concerned, isolation is required. 4. Creative people thrive in an environment of ease,
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Apr 25, 2024
The most successful writers follow the "High Exposure, Low Conformity" principle. They expose themselves to a wide range of beliefs... but they conform to nothing. Nothing, that is, except their inner vision. As C.S. Lewis put it: "Write about what really interests you, whether
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Apr 23, 2024
C.S. Lewis on why you need to read more old books: “It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable
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Apr 22, 2024
This is "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" One of the world's best-known works of art... 7 tips from its creator: 1. Dreams solve what the waking mind can’t: “Sometimes I try to think and nothing comes out of it; but it happens that I doze off and suddenly I am startled, open my