Tim Ferriss on writitng for Sharp Thinking
Summary Key Points:
Write to freeze your thoughts and look at them in a different way whenever you want
lawyers are great at that as they are trained and skilled at looking and thinking about every word and its' meaning
writing is rewriting
2 scrappy pages per day minimum of writing, brain vomit, worthless
- then revise them in at least 3 rounds, first for yourself, second round of edits, for his fans who would love it, third round for the critics who will be twisting everything
- ask people to highlights parts that are unclear
- if something makes you wonder highlight it
- if you doubt it take it out
- indicate the 10% I should keep no matter what
- if I had to cut 10% what would you cut
- Writing systematically and revising systematically will help you in becoming a good and skilled writer
- Writing is the most important practice