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smoke and convenience
why your book should be more bookish
Apr 11
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David Moldawer
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March 2026
the sailboat principle
why the most creative people aren't doing what you think
Mar 21
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David Moldawer
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erase yourself
the counterintuitive creative survival strategy hiding in plain sight
Mar 14
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David Moldawer
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February 2026
only risky if it's not
creative risk, collaborative longevity, and why avoiding clichés leads to writer's block
Feb 28
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David Moldawer
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October 2025
the truth about "impact"
most authors want more than impact (and why a few give their ideas away anyway)
Oct 11, 2025
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David Moldawer
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August 2025
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, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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David Moldawer
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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, 2025
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David Moldawer
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writing that works on the radio
Effortless prose and the effort it takes to get there.
Jul 19, 2025
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David Moldawer
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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, 2025
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David Moldawer
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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, 2025
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David Moldawer
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