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@david_perell is writing 100 articles in 100 days.
The articles are about the creative process, knowledge management, and the mechanics of effective writing.
Here& #39;s a summary of the first 15 articles, distilled from 6000 words to 1500.
The articles are about the creative process, knowledge management, and the mechanics of effective writing.
Here& #39;s a summary of the first 15 articles, distilled from 6000 words to 1500.
Writing is R&D for Your Brain...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">It’s how you create intellectual capital
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">It’s how you make your ideas permanent
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">It’s the closest thing we have to time travel
Once You Write Something, You Add Legos to Your Intellectual Capital...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">They’re the seeds of your future projects
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">The more you have the more you can create
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Remix and reuse the ideas for life
As the Number of Artifacts Increases Linearly, the Number of Connections Increases Exponentially...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">These connections will save you thousands of hours over the course of your career
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">You end up starting at mile 24 of a marathon
Write for One Obsessive Person...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Writing comes alive at the extremes
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Ignore the wisdom of crowds
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Escape the lukewarm middle
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Attract an ocean of like-minded super fans
Avoid Brackish Prose That Tries to be Everything to Everybody...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">The point of writing is to meet the kinds of people you& #39;d never meet in real life
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">The more you write for somebody with peculiar interests, the less you compete for attention
Don’t Wait to Start Writing Until You& #39;ve Found Your Voice...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Everybody has a voice, just like everybody has a personality
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">But your voice won& #39;t reveal itself if you just sit back and think
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">You have to write and publish frequently
Socializing Your Ideas is How You Discover the Ways You& #39;re Different...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">You’re on your way once you want to be less like other people, not more
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Lean into your quirks and listen to the whispers of your intuition
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Nurture your differences with a cocktail of obscure influences
Learn to Write Fast...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Have a note-taking system
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Collect your most relevant ideas
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Leverage the thinking you’ve already done
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Once you& #39;ve compiled enough ideas, structure comes together like alchemy
If an Essay Demands Contemplation, Write Slower...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">But just as athletes do drills, writers should practice writing fast
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">At minimum, writing fast forces you to improve your process
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">At most, it will vastly increase your earnings power
If You Suffer From Writer& #39;s Block, Generate Ideas by Talking...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Record yourself talking about your thesis for 15 minutes
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Explain what you want to write
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Pretend like you& #39;re talking to a friend
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Use Otter to get an instant transcript of your ideas
Your Verbal Output Will Become the Raw Material for Articles...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Remember, Winston Churchill wrote by dictating his thoughts
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Then, once his ideas were on the page, he revised them
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">If it wasn& #39;t above Churchill, it isn& #39;t above you
Your Biggest Advantage Over Your Talking Self is Taking Time to Edit...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Use that time to inject fun in your writing
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Add meaning with fresh word choice
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Make your writing sharper and more descriptive
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Paint over your mistakes until you achieve precision
Avoid the Trap of Sounding Smart...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">There are words people know and say
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">And there are words people don& #39;t know and don’t say
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Mine the depths of your brain for the language people know but don& #39;t say
Instead of Writing Panoramic Thought Pieces, Focus Only On Your Shiny Dime...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">The dime is a tiny but detailed idea that& #39;s easy to visualize
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Imagine building a model airport and representing the control tower with a dime
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">In writing, everything revolves around that dime
Your Friends and Co-Workers Won& #39;t Judge You If Your Articles Isn& #39;t Comprehensive...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">But your writing will spiral out of control if you lack constraint
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Every topic is bigger than it seems at first
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Writing unlocks a kingdom of epiphanies you wouldn& #39;t have discovered otherwise
Consistency, Not a Magnum Opus, is What Breeds Success...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Showing up every day, even in short stints, gets you in better shape than scattered, all-day workouts ever will
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">If you& #39;re overwhelmed by the size of your topic, find the smallest viable idea you can write about
Organize Your Ideas with Post-It Notes...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Write one idea per note, then hang the notes on the wall
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Hanging the notes makes your memory spatial
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Displaying them offloads your working memory to paper and increases your effective intelligence
Write as Many Notes as You Can Process in a Single Glance...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Make sure each note represents one day’s worth of writing
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">When you write, focus on one note
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Change the structure by moving notes around instead of creating a new outline from scratch
An Islands and Bridges Strategy Will Give You the License to Tackle Ambitious Essays...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Before your ideas are clear and before you know how they connect, start with a collection of intellectual islands
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Don’t start with an outline
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Just jump in and get your thoughts on paper
Write About an Island Per Day...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Write about an unlimited number of islands
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Represent each island with a Post-It note
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Write as well as you can about individual sections
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Create an archipelago of ideas
Once You Find a Structure, Re-Order the Post-It Notes...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Let the writing process rearrange the islands, then build bridges between them
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Reduce interdependencies and write transitions late in the writing process
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Don’t wait until you know what every sentence should look like
Your Productivity Hinges On How Fast You Can Ascend to the Skyway of Satisfaction...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">The Skyway is your flow state – it’s where you enjoy effortless focus
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">The problem is the flow state ends when you stop writing for the day
At the End of the Skyway There& #39;s a Parking Lot...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">You can get in your car and drive away, or you can capture the view
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Capturing the view is a fast-pass to the Skyway the next time you write
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">It’s how you reload the essay& #39;s context into your brain and decide what to do next
The Next Time You Stop Writing, Take Three Minutes to Pen a 100-Word Note at the Top of Your Page...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Write about where you’re stuck
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Write about what you plan to achieve next time
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Write about what you were thinking about when you stopped writing
Clichés are Ideas Without Surprise...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">They align with your worldview and cause you to turn off your mind
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">They appear when the topic is either too broad, or common knowledge
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">They stick out when you can predict the content by looking at the title
Insightful Ideas are Always Jarring; They Shock You Out of an Intellectual Slumber...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">The next time you write, avoid high level topics
Instead, zoom in and add a twist to a familiar subject
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Focus on under-explored topics
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Look for second- and third-order effects
Instead, zoom in and add a twist to a familiar subject
The Work is What Consumers Don& #39;t See...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">It’s the inelegant things you removed from the product
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">You’re done when the product is so simple others think they could’ve done it themselves
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">That means they won’t appreciate how hard you’ve worked
Accept You& #39;ll Only Publish a Small Part of What You Type...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Silence the part of your ego that wants to advertise your work ethic
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Make the work invisible
Musicians Copy, Writers Should Too...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Aim for perfection but pay attention to your mistakes (they hold the seeds of your individuality)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Imitation reveals our identity, especially when we fall short of those we admire
Binge-Read Your Favorite Writers...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Shamelessly copy their style
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Follow the beat of their sentences and cadence of their words
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Mirror the greats so intensely the glitter of their brilliance shines upon your craft
Writing Makes You a Better Speaker...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Writing frequently helps you speak rhythmically
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Writing gives you a well of stories and stats
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Writing sharpens the substance of ideas
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔷" title="Große blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Große blaue Raute">Writing turns you into a carrier of ideas you’ve already penned
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