Category: Writing
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Confessions of a police assassin: fine journalism
The Guardian’s piece about the confessions of a police assassin in Manipur is an example of the kind of journalism I hope will survive into the future.
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Writer’s remorse and things you can’t take back
Writer’s remorse or, as it is otherwise known: that feeling that “I probably shouldn’t have told you that”, followed by the overpowering desire to hide for a very long time.
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“One of the hardest parts about writing …”
I found another great quote about writing and how people’s perceptions about writing can be really problematic.
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Writing should take that long
I recently learned the hard way that, yes, writing really should take that long. At least writing that is worth doing. There are very few shortcuts.
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Putting one word after another
“Mostly, it’s a process of putting one word after another.” Writing sometimes require a more conventional approach when the unicorn rainbows fade.
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“I must get my words down every day …”
Do you have those days when you don’t know what to write or even feel like writing but, at the same time, you know you just have to write something?