Dear Everybody, The most compelling writers express the biggest ideas in the fewest words, and they make ideas simple and universal. Here’s how they do it. This is a piece of writing (there’s a beginning and an end). To write something, you have to move from left to right (draft new sentences; create fresh text).
I believe rightly or wrongly that I suffer from writer's block or rather the "fear of the blank page" since I'm good at editing. This article is one of the few pieces I came across that gave the desire to definitely overcome that fear. It's well writing for sure. It's inspiring to try and emulate. But the Big Idea that created that spark in my mind: the three processes of Reading, Thinking and Writing being part of a larger one.
I found you and this article thanks to David Perrell (your compilation of his best ideas is obviously my next read). And I like the way Naval tweets his ideas.
Justin, this is an incredible piece of content. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about simplicity. Also, I loved how you described the reading - thinking - writing process. Writing is so important in thinking. It's a way of processing the knowledge you've received by reading (and watching meaningful content). This article made me think and re-evaluate my writing.
I really enjoyed this one. Reminds me of one of my favorite lines in A River Runs Through It, "...the art of writing lay in thrift." I think about that line EVERY time I'm writing something. And now, I'll also think to write like Naval.
Thanks a lot Justin.
I believe rightly or wrongly that I suffer from writer's block or rather the "fear of the blank page" since I'm good at editing. This article is one of the few pieces I came across that gave the desire to definitely overcome that fear. It's well writing for sure. It's inspiring to try and emulate. But the Big Idea that created that spark in my mind: the three processes of Reading, Thinking and Writing being part of a larger one.
I found you and this article thanks to David Perrell (your compilation of his best ideas is obviously my next read). And I like the way Naval tweets his ideas.
Patrick
Justin, this is an incredible piece of content. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about simplicity. Also, I loved how you described the reading - thinking - writing process. Writing is so important in thinking. It's a way of processing the knowledge you've received by reading (and watching meaningful content). This article made me think and re-evaluate my writing.
Thank you for the post. I thought you might be interested in the origins of the Twitter character limit.
https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/the-reason-for-the-160-character-text-message-and-140-character-twitter-length-limits/
The kind of article you wish you read before you began to write articles of your own. So good Justin
Wow how good is this?!
Very well done.
Deeply enjoyed
I really enjoyed this one. Reminds me of one of my favorite lines in A River Runs Through It, "...the art of writing lay in thrift." I think about that line EVERY time I'm writing something. And now, I'll also think to write like Naval.