Tag: writing
Matt and the hate
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The hate Matt talks about is real. I love your work on YouTube, I’ve been subscribed for years, and I never miss a video. That said, I find it morally reprehensible that you would try to make any money on this. I won’t say it out loud, and I might even tell myself that this
The Real Work of Writing Happens in Revision
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Remember, this month I’m going to do some writing about the non-club books I read over the course of 2025, or at least some pieces that tie everything together between books. If you like this and want to keep the content coming become a member The part of the writing process that gives me the
Writing, Kindness, Substack is lame
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Like this and want to keep it coming, become a member. How do we write, how do we act, how do we feel about platforms trying to own the relationship between writers and readers? Writing in Fragments Sacha shares their writing process and like many does a bit of lamenting about the lack of uninterrupted
Writing Tools, Boredom Wins, and Average is Okay
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While one may want to write quickly with ideas flowing from a never ending well that is revolutionary, this is not the case for anyone. This week we’ll take a short look at some tools for publishing books, why boredom matters if you want to have good thoughts, and how mediocrity is likely far better
Guru’s Lie – Writing Isn’t Easy, and That’s the Point
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It will not literally speak to you. But visible areas of increased connectivity within the slip box, what Sonke Ahrens calls “clusters” can guide you towards ideas ready for expression. – A System for Writing Pg 111 This is one of the big misconceptions with a Zettelkasten/PKM system, it will do the writing for you.
An interview with @amerpie
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I enjoyed the behind the scenes look with Lou. In general I enjoy the series of blogger interviews.
Finding Sacred Blocks
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Last week I talked about consuming content and how your library should be about the stuff you want to learn instead of a performative shelf of stuff you’ve read. One key point I mentioned was that if I owned a book, but had read it and taken good notes on it I better have a
Constrained by creating for others
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I felt so constrained. I was giving so much of my creativity to something I wasn’t actually creating. I have always had this hope to do things on my terms as a creative person. I’ve always had this passion for creating something from the ground up that was totally mine. I was initially worried this
The Power of Linked Writing
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In this very short piece Kotte shows the power of linked writing online. As he says, it’s 110 words on how unfit Trump is to run a country but leads to hours of reading about the in depth bad stuff he’s done. Your own site can do this. It takes a while to get started