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The Case for Writing Slowly
Speed is the default setting of the internet. Here is what happened to my sentences when I turned it off for a year.
Inês Calado
9 min read
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On Keeping a Commonplace Book
Renaissance scholars copied their favourite lines by hand. It turns out to be the best reading habit I have ever kept.
Tomás Weller
8 min read
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The Morning Pages Myth
Three pages before breakfast is famous advice. For many writers, the better ritual happens at the other end of the day.
Kofi Asante
6 min read
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What a Typewriter Teaches About Editing
No backspace, no undo, no mercy. Drafting on a 1958 Olympia made me a ruthless and much happier editor.
Inês Calado
7 min read