I enjoyed this thread on writing by @stevesi. I began serious writing in 2007, & was shocked by how difficult it was, & how transformative.https://twitter.com/stevesi/status/987028913363849216 …
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Great quote! The opposite is true as well - repeatedly talking about something makes it easier to write about. But, for me, the written version is the easiest one to apply gradient descent to.
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Just read the full essay. Very nice!
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That's something I've been thinking about too. Speaking about topics, especially when it's to other people, helps me clarify ideas in a way that feels different from writing. It's like writing on a page where the oldest words rapidly fade away.
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Speaking let's you "restart" and begin against constantly in a way that writing doesn't. When you write, the previous sentences seem to limit what you can say next. I'm trying to define what speaking does better than writing and vice-versa.
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