‘Write drunk, edit sober’
In a recent study done by professor Andrew Jarosz of Mississippi State University reveals that drunk people are more creative at problem-solving. We gave participants...
Tag: Writing
Freedom from the to-do list: ‘The Art of the Wasted Day’ by Patricia Hampl
The pace at which we move is extraordinary. Look out the window. Stare at the seagulls. Nobody has time for that! Obsessed with productivity or...
Paper just works
Touching is believing. That’s why bullet journals are all the rage. People want to slow down and get everything from their worries, random thoughts, weekend...
‘The internet’s ownership of words’
The internet owns our words. Anyone can pull up an old Tweet or Facebook post and show you ‘this is what you said.’ The internet...
Maria Popova: I loathe the term “content”
Brain Pickings blogger Maria Popova sat down with WordPress in the Own Your Content series to discuss evergreen ideas and rethinking the meaning of content....
The difference between blogging and writing
Short answer: There is no difference between blogging and writing. Blogging is the process of writing. The only difference is that our words appear on the...
The link between praying and writing
When acclaimed South African novelist and Nobel Prize winner JM Coetzee was asked about the writing process, he compared it to the effort of praying. “In both...
Why write by hand ✍
“Ah, what technology has brought us! First the typewriter, then the word processor, next the computer, now voice-recognition computers, and laptops that weigh less than...
The value of making up stuff
Art is what we do with our extra time. It is more leisure than life. “Art is everything you don’t have to do,” as Brian Eno...
Why everyone should blog
Everyone should blog. You do not have to publish 500 words a day. You do not even need to post at all. In fact, writing...