The Imperfectionist: The power of 15 minutes (and other ideas)
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The Imperfectionist: The power of 15 minutes (and other ideas)
Substack comment on the synergy in fast & slow writing:
... See moreI definitely lean towards the side of editing, restructuring, and rewriting, but I recently started a typewriter practice where I soft-publish a few one-take, one-page essays per week. I've been surprised by the legibility of those drafts. Getting tempted to move into a faster pace, while
embrace radical incrementalism. The psychology professor Robert Boice spent his career studying the writing habits of his fellow academics, reaching the conclusion that the most productive and successful among them generally made writing a smaller part of their daily routine than the others, so that it was much more feasible to keep going with it d
... See morePensar demais à medida que escreve pode ser um obstáculo, visto que não é possível adivinhar as reações do leitor.
To avoid this folly, especially when you’re writing a first draft, try following a couple of rules: One, don’t stop writing until it’s done. Two, don’t start editing until it’s done.