A great deal of what people detect as "good writing" is not technical skill, which is taught in school and improves (somewhat) under a good editor. It is authorial voice: having something interesting to say and the capability to say it in an interesting and unique way.
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It is helpful but not required to have readers who can give you a feedback loop on the words you have written, but being cloistered in a windowless room and writing words that only you will ever see is more effective at creating a good writer than anything that isn't writing.
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One of the best things that the Internet did for society is that it created spaces which removed artificial constraints on how quickly you could write a million words and gave social permission for writing at any pace.
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A not so wonderful thing about school, and one reason why it produces rounds-to-zero good writers, is that it teaches you that work orders come in, words go out, and no words go out except in context of a work order.
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That’s 18 8-hour days writing 1 word every two seconds, sounds doable.
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/r/TheyDidTheMath
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It is indeed amazing how sheer brute force practice (even when done imperfectly) makes one better at something (albeit inefficiently) — I’m tempted to say almost anything.
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In HS, I worked for Horace Bristol ( https://www.google.com/search?q=horace+bristol … ), late in his life helping him sort through his works, and let me tell you, there were a lot of not great photos for every cover photo.
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I keep count, 750 words a day; not more nothing less. Topic ranging from anything interesting that happened or just a summary and reflection. https://750words.com/
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This is why I started my newsletter. Public accountability to write every week
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