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> "A good writer doesn't just think, and then write down what they thought, as a sort of transcript. A good writer will almost always discover new things in the
by scifibestfi 4y ago
> "A good writer doesn't just think, and then write down what they thought, as a sort of transcript. A good writer will almost always discover new things in the process of writing. And there is, as far as I know, no substitute for this kind of discovery." -Paul Graham
What is it about writing that makes it different than thinking?
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- tony_codes 4y agowriting is a tool to help us think. Since we have limited active memory to think with, the words act like storage which helps organise thoughts and cover more ground