Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv 2021-06-02
it takes a lot of work to figure out whatâs compelling to you, and then it takes even more work to figure out how to make it compelling to others
Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv 2021-06-02
to do this you have to not only know yourself and the subject you care about â you also have to know other people, their assumptions and expectations, you have to know the language that youâre communicating in, and the medium that youâre communicating in
Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv 2021-06-02
the thing that always gets me is â while this is hard, itâs not impossible. there are several parts to the equation, but itâs not infinite parts. you can study each of these things & get good enough at each of them in order to synthesize something that other people think is magic
Brandon Toner @brandontoner 2021-06-02
Significance/meaning is mysterious. Helluva drug.
Kushaan @kushaanshah 2021-06-02
Writing my newsletter has largely just been a progressive discovery of how to do the latter better each month đ§
BK @bradkelly 2021-06-02
As a fiction writer, this is a space I live in moment to moment. Paying attention to what excites and interests me right down to the individual gesture, the singular turn of phrase.
Stringing together a few thousand of these into a coherent whole is a majestic process.
Matt Lady @mattlady 2021-06-02
Itâs so true.
I have my 10 year âovernight successâ planned all but lined up âŠ
Itâs just convincing myself to be patient enough, and stupid enough to think I can pull it off.