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the power of a blue book
Use AI to write boring emails and vibe code as much as you want, but spend at least a couple of hours crafting text by hand before you forget how.
Aug 30
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David Moldawer
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don't blow in the cartridge
Why your creative rituals may be holding you back more than they help.
Aug 16
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David Moldawer
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creating is deciding
Caring enough to choose is the ultimate creative act—no decision is too small to help shape the final work.
Aug 2
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David Moldawer
17
July 2025
the opposite of writing
Stop thinking. Stop trying to figure out how you're supposed to write. To write a first draft is to stumble.
Jul 26
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David Moldawer
15
writing that works on the radio
Effortless prose and the effort it takes to get there.
Jul 19
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David Moldawer
25
winning the author metagame
In a post about the "PhD metagame," Max Forbes, an AI researcher and indie developer who recently completed his PhD at the University of Washington…
Jul 12
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David Moldawer
the two skills of creative athleticism
"All creativity is an act of play," screenwriter and author Noah Hawley tells The Believer. (If only it always felt that way!) Regardless: "When an idea…
Jul 5
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David Moldawer
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May 2025
can it already
Sayaka Murata’s Japanese publisher offers in-house hotel rooms. Right in the office: a room with a bed, desk, and shower. It's a place for authors to…
May 3
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David Moldawer
April 2025
what to call it
Authors stress about titles.
Apr 12
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David Moldawer
circling the drain (and how to escape)
Last time, I wrote about Norman Foster, the architect who doesn't hesitate to junk a good design in pursuit of a great one.
Apr 5
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David Moldawer
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March 2025
good enough isn't good enough
Norman Foster is an architect.
Mar 15
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David Moldawer
February 2025
an element of surprise
"Originality," wrote the British philosopher Sir Roger Scruton, "is not an attempt to capture attention come what may, or to shock or disturb in order…
Feb 8
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David Moldawer
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