writing practice
"We are citizens of the most powerful country in the world, and it is a country that stands upon the wrong side of every liberation struggle on earth. I want you to feel what that means."
Substack • Practicing a practice is a practice
note taking is essentially single-player collaboration where you communicate with your future self
julian.digital • A Meta-Layer for Notes
love this!!
Current writing workflow ~easing into things~ :
acknowledge discomfort and fear (hello, fear)
start writing by hand, copy out last written sentence in project and continue on paper for a couple minutes
copy out what I just wrote into an Enso text doc on my laptop and keep writing until it stops being scary (however long that takes)
transfer Enso text
trying to ease discomofrt when starting to write, and finding ways to meet the call to write
The one practice I kept was writing. It made the cut because I can’t deny how many good things in my life have come as a result of my putting words out into the world. It also felt like a respite: one area where I wasn’t skeptical of my identity. I’m at my most courageous on the page because interrogating my feelings with words feels justified and
... See moreMolly Mielke • (self) concept
These days, when I’m stuck in my own work, rather than banging my head against the same wall, I try to get a different perspective. That could be as simple as switching from writing on a computer to longhand, or from writing to drawing if it’s relevant, or even just going for a run — which is remarkably effective at giving me new ideas when I’m stu
... See moredavidepstein.bulletin.com • A Technique Championed by Russian Writers (And Fraggles) Can Give You a New Perspective | Meta Bulletin
How it felt to me: that is getting closer to the truth about a note book. I sometimes delude myself about why I keep a notebook, imagine that some thrifty virtue derives from preserving everything observed. See enough and write it down, I tell myself, and then some morning when the world seems drained of wonder, some day when I am only going throu
... See moreJoan Didion • On Keeping a Notebook - Joan Didion
The lesson here,” the artist Joshua Citarella once wrote, “is that we often don't know what the important work is while we’re making it…you may look back a decade from now and realize that the real work was actually what you were putting online.”
Finding the right-fit homes for your writing takes time and continual experimentation. Building supportive systems is part of making a writing practice that feels true to you .
Maggy • Whim worship
The vicious circle: the less often I engage in any creative pursuits, the harder it is for me to start. Creative work makes us feel better, but like everything that requires practice, it becomes harder when we stop, partially because we lose the benefits it gives us.