Writing is Thinking: Learning to Write with Confidence
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"Each time you write a page, you are a writer. Each time you practice the violin, you are a musician. Each time you start a workout, you are an athlete. Each time you encourage your employees, you are a leader." - [Atomic Habits](https://amzn.to/31t6vQZ) Writing is essentially a robust tool that ena
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Writing is a powerful tool to share thoughts and ideas. It's a personal and subjective process that takes time to get right. To make it easier, I've designed a process that includes ideation, passive tracking, active outlining, active idea arbitrage, passive research, active writing, and active editing. I focus on quality and making sure I'm delivering value to others. I also use keyword research to make sure people are looking for what I'm writing about. I use Weava to store my thoughts and lower the activation energy to start. Writing is a process of going from good to great and the best way to improve is to write a lot.
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- "Each time you write a page, you are a writer. Each time you practice the violin, you are a musician. Each time you start a workout, you are an athlete. Each time you encourage your employees, you are a leader." - [Atomic Habits](https://amzn.to/31t6vQZ)
- Writing is essentially a robust tool that enables us to clarify and communicate our thoughts. While writing, you are forcing yourself to think critically and exercise parts of your brain that are typically on auto-pilot.
- “Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard." - David McCullough
- at its core, writing is simple: it’s a method of sharing your thoughts.
- I’ll typically only sit down to really craft a piece once I have at least a few thousand words of what I’ve started to call “notes ‘n quotes”.
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