This isn’t primarily about how I write. It's about how other people write, and what advice they give on how to write, and how I react to and relate to that advice.

I’ve been collecting those notes for a while. I figured I would share.

At some point in the future, I’ll talk more about my own process – my guess is that what I do very much wouldn’t work for most people, but would be excellent for some.

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(00:29) How Marc Andreessen Writes

(02:09) How Sarah Constantin Writes

(03:27) How Paul Graham Writes

(06:09) How Patrick McKenzie Writes

(07:02) How Tim Urban Writes

(08:33) How Visakan Veerasamy Writes

(09:42) How Matt Yglesias Writes

(10:05) How JRR Tolkien Wrote

(10:19) How Roon Wants Us to Write

(11:27) When To Write the Headline

(12:20) Do Not Write Self-Deprecating Descriptions of Your Posts

(13:09) Do Not Write a Book

(14:05) Write Like No One Else is Reading

(16:46) Letting the AI Write For You

(19:02) Being Matt Levine

(20:01) The Case for Italics

(21:59) Getting Paid

(24:39) Having Impact

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