Read on Twitter
1/ Write to Think. Don’t Think, and Then Write.
"I write primarily to find out what I’ve been thinking, and I don’t know until I write it.” — Kevin Kelly
A thread
"I write primarily to find out what I’ve been thinking, and I don’t know until I write it.” — Kevin Kelly
A thread
2/ Writing is a journey into yourself.
When you write you organize all that information in your brain. One thought becomes a paragraph.
A library of quotes becomes the icing on your writing cake at the end.
When you write you organize all that information in your brain. One thought becomes a paragraph.
A library of quotes becomes the icing on your writing cake at the end.
3/ I don’t practice writing. I practice thinking.
When you practice thinking, you understand the world better and your place within it. Words make your thoughts a reality.
You never think the same way twice. There are always subtle differences.
When you practice thinking, you understand the world better and your place within it. Words make your thoughts a reality.
You never think the same way twice. There are always subtle differences.
4/ When you read your work from five years ago you can’t recognize the writer who wrote it.
Each writing session evolves your thinking and slowly changes the type of writer you are. This is the magic of writing, at its finest.
Each writing session evolves your thinking and slowly changes the type of writer you are. This is the magic of writing, at its finest.
5/ The solution to a problem isn’t straightforward for me.
I have to write about a problem 10 times just to understand it at a surface level.
When your goal is to help others with your writing, your thinking shifts, and your thoughts are written down in a different way.
I have to write about a problem 10 times just to understand it at a surface level.
When your goal is to help others with your writing, your thinking shifts, and your thoughts are written down in a different way.
6/ Conversational writing is able to be heard easier by a reader.
7/ You don’t have to be a writer. You can just be a thinker and use writing to capture your thoughts with an illusionary net.
When you do, you surprise yourself. You’ll find ways to combine, detach, mold, sculpt, and craft completely new ideas.
When you do, you surprise yourself. You’ll find ways to combine, detach, mold, sculpt, and craft completely new ideas.
