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First of all, I love...Scarlet Letters: Creative tips for artists By: Merlin Mann (6 replies) September 23, 2005 - 1:56am
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First of all, I love...
First of all, I love your site. The book recommendation of “Getting Things Done” is changing my life utterly, at a very fundamental level. And for that, I owe you my firstborn. Come to Columbus and pick him up; he’s packed and ready.
As far as this article goes, it hits on one of the most basic, tacit tenets of writing: write first, then edit. Never the two shall meet. When put to practice, this very simple notion caused such a profound shift in my creative process, that I quadrupled my output.
Just let it flow, man, let it flow…