48. Notes on Writing
How to be a Person -- The Newsletter for December 25th, 2024.
Writing happens best when I don’t think about it. Like dancing or having sex. If you’re in your head you’ll mess it up. Writing is improvising with a piece of paper.
Athletes call it a state of flow. I call it getting out of my way. I’ve spent years chasing this dragon. I used to ingest large amounts of MDMA in order to do this. Now I don’t because of fe…
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