Reading to Write: Four Questions

Jeremiah Hendren

November 25, 2015

Writing Process, Research

You crack open one dusty classic in any field, and suddenly you’re drowning in a breeding pit of claims, counterclaims, caveats, and contradictions. To survive with a worthwhile text of your own, you have to learn how to read to write. Here’s the technique...

Jeremiah Hendren

November 10, 2015

Writing Process

Write First, Think Second

Jeremiah Hendren

November 10, 2015

Writing Process

To say that we “write down the idea” is false. When we write, we force ourselves to make choices, to condense something solid out of this nebula. I’d venture to say that only when we write something down does it become a true idea.