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How I Write – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- paulpauper 4y agoI wish the part about how he actually writes was longer. It's like there is a huge rambling introduction and then he actually discusses advice. Seems like the opposite of good writing advice. Like Godin and Gladwell, Taleb's success shows how important branding and media coverage are.
- 1123581321 4y agoYou might like Godin’s “how I write” advice better, although he’s also maddeningly brief if you’re looking for a prosaic how-to manual. His is the opposite of Taleb’s as he thinks of writing like breathing and talking and his only question is what is the best thing he can write that day, not whether he will do it.
- MonkeyClub 4y agoCould you link us up to Godin’s piece? Couldn’t spot it with a couple of DDG/google searches.
- 1123581321 4y agoSorry, I wasn’t thinking of one particular essay. Searching for [Seth Godin writing advice] gives a few interviews along those lines, like this one: https://copyblogger.com/writer-files-seth-godin/ https://copyblogger.com/writer-files-seth-godin/
- MonkeyClub 4y agoThanks! I love that stuff, currently slowly going through Stephen King's "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft" (also a very good read).
- 1123581321 4y agoYou’re welcome! I wish I had more. Godin’s often good in q&a/panel recordings and I’m fairly sure those are where I picked up his approach over the last twenty years.
- Slow_Hand 4y agoYeah. I read this and was incredibly disappointed (Only 2 paragraphs on writing?). Then I scrolled back to the top and saw beneath the title: 'Preface to the 15th year Italian edition of The Black Swan' So it seems this isn't even an essay, only a re-purposed preface for a book with a new title (seemingly) so that it can pull double-duty as a bit of content on Medium. Meh.