“No thinking — that comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!”
And;
“Punch the keys, for God's sake.” Sean Connery as William Forrester in the movie -Finding Forrester
Fictional advice from a fictional Character, it’s true, but I have noticed, in my case it seems to work when you’re not sure what to write.
Well, it's very interesting the example you give of “No thinking, this comes later”. The truth is that I usually write like that, without thinking too much on the first try. It's later, when everything is already written, that I start to shape it and think about those words.
Doing that on a daily basis, through a habit that you maintain with discipline, is the key to being prolific, at least in my experience.
Nice read and highlight of routine and dedicating time to things. I must say in my personal experience the angle and/or argument I want to make often comes at unexpected times... but this is only a result of having dedicated structured time to reading, drafting, writing, and thinking.
Routine fosters creativity, that's a fact. When you train yourself to be mentally active every day, in the end what you do is force yourself to come up with ideas even on the days you're least inspired. All of that helps the spark to emerge later. It's like going to the gym, then you're stronger to move boxes in your day to day life.
If you train yourself in creativity, then the idea comes from any opportunity.
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“No thinking — that comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!”
And;
“Punch the keys, for God's sake.” Sean Connery as William Forrester in the movie -Finding Forrester
Fictional advice from a fictional Character, it’s true, but I have noticed, in my case it seems to work when you’re not sure what to write.
Also true, routine does make all the difference.
I believe we’re on the same page.
It’s like a sculptor chiselling away anything that doesn’t look like the final product.
You're right :)
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Well, it's very interesting the example you give of “No thinking, this comes later”. The truth is that I usually write like that, without thinking too much on the first try. It's later, when everything is already written, that I start to shape it and think about those words.
Doing that on a daily basis, through a habit that you maintain with discipline, is the key to being prolific, at least in my experience.
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Nice read and highlight of routine and dedicating time to things. I must say in my personal experience the angle and/or argument I want to make often comes at unexpected times... but this is only a result of having dedicated structured time to reading, drafting, writing, and thinking.
Hello! :)
Routine fosters creativity, that's a fact. When you train yourself to be mentally active every day, in the end what you do is force yourself to come up with ideas even on the days you're least inspired. All of that helps the spark to emerge later. It's like going to the gym, then you're stronger to move boxes in your day to day life.
If you train yourself in creativity, then the idea comes from any opportunity.