Writers

There's an interesting idea bubbling up right now: slow.

I wrote about slow writing. What sort of work can it unlock? Why might you benefit from a slower pace? Because going slow is a completely different way of viewing work.

Consider this my opening contribution to the burgeoning Slowcore movement.

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This is hands down the best thing I’ve read in a while 🥹

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Agree! I’ve been slowly going through his newsletter and everything is super high quality but the way he articulated a practical way to incorporate slowcore to the writing practice is *chef’s kiss.

The /10 approach to thinking really hit home for me.

Likewise. I'll be pondering the ideas in this essay for quite some time. Total nerd-snipe.

I've often said that Tom's work deserves more appreciation (it does!), but I think he really knocked it out of the park with this one.