Putting Ideas Into Words

“Writing is often the process by which you realize you do not understand what you are talking about.”

“The best way to think is to write.”

I’ve found this a remarkably useful practice in the early stages of drafting, because it reverses the usual order of things. Instead of holding back from writing until you know what you want to say – which leads to a vicious circle of stopping, deleting, and rewriting everything a hundred times – the commitment to keeping moving means you just writ... See more