2k to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of What You Love
Principle one: ‘Turn every goddamned page’
Principle two: ‘The facts alone aren’t enough’
Principle three: ‘Truth takes time’
Yet unbelievably, Caro is not a slow writer by nature. He admits how when he wrote copy in the newsroom, it was a pace judged “astonishing” by his colleagues. No, Robert Caro is actually a slow writer by choice. Before starting... See more
Principle two: ‘The facts alone aren’t enough’
Principle three: ‘Truth takes time’
Yet unbelievably, Caro is not a slow writer by nature. He admits how when he wrote copy in the newsroom, it was a pace judged “astonishing” by his colleagues. No, Robert Caro is actually a slow writer by choice. Before starting... See more
Oliver Marsden • The Writing Principles of Robert A. Caro
Sometime later you’ll find yourself at work on, maybe really into, another book, and once again you figure out that the real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is the point.
Anne Lamott • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
1) Write. There is no substitute. Write what you most passionately want to write, not blogs, posts, tweets or all the disposable bubblewrap in which modern life is cushioned. But start small: write a good sentence, then a good paragraph, and don’t be dreaming about writing the great American novel or what you’ll wear at the awards ceremony becaus
... See moreRebecca Solnit • How to Be a Writer: 10 Tips From Rebecca Solnit
Fantasy keys won’t get you in. Almost every single thing you hope publication will do for you is a fantasy, a hologram—it’s the eagle on your credit card that only seems to soar. What’s real is that if you do your scales every day, if you slowly try harder and harder pieces, if you listen to great musicians play music you love, you’ll get better. A
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