A brilliant, ambitious, insightful inquiry into the art of writing from the legendary Margaret Atwood. What do we mean when we say that someone is a writer? Is he or she an entertainer? A high priest of the god of Art? An improver of readers' minds and morals? Looking back on her own childhood
Write Dumb: Writing Better By Thinking Less
β Scribed by Dowd, James
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 85 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1074165454
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Explore this collection of straight-up stupid secrets to crafting the written word and discover that writing is far easier than people realize. All of the contained advice demonstrates the authors personal pursuit of just thinking less and always trying to be a bit dumber. From students to professionals, this book is for anyone that needs help getting out of your own way in order to be a better, faster, more efficient, more creative writer.
Write Dumb helps writers understand the truth that everyone overthinks writing. You overthink it at work when youre writing even the most basic emails. You overthink it when texting. You overthink it by comparing your work to Hemingway (youre not). You overthink it and then tell yourself that thats your writing process (its not). You overthink it when you think its an impossible feat. You believe thought is the fuel for words, even though its actually the one thing fueling your inability to get those words on the page.
Writing is one of our strongest and most valuable tools we have to interact with this world, and yet we overthink it constantly because it scares us, it intimidates us, it challenges us, it makes us feel uncomfortable, and no one wants that nervous, I could fuck this up and look stupid feeling all day, every day. We dont fully understand it or feel comfortable experiencing it, so we waste time trying to add structure and rules and meaning and restrictions where theyre not needed, or we altogether keep our distance. We blame the rules, or the endless possibilities, or the competition, and we run away from it. We say that writing down words to express ourselves is just not our thing, even though choosing not to write is no different than choosing not to speak. You can certainly give it a shot, but its surely going to limit your ability to engage with the world around you. So why silence yourself? Why give in to fear and abandon this gift?
Anyways, why not learn how to Write Dumb?
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