practice
On keeping a working journal
Ten minutes at the end of each day, and every hard problem I've solved started there.
Notes to Self
Essays on craft, attention, and doing fewer things well.
Featured · craftThe discipline of the second draft
First drafts are for finding out what you think. Second drafts are for saying it once.
attention
Slow tools
The best tools I own resist me a little. That resistance is where the thinking happens.
reading
What I learned reading one book five times
Rereading isn't repetition. The book stays still so you can watch yourself change.
craft
The case against inspiration
Showing up on schedule beats waiting for lightning — and it's kinder to future you.
practice
Walking as a writing tool
The draft that won't move at the desk almost always moves on the hill.
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