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Cory Doctorow, "Writing in the Age of Distraction"

» Cory Doctorow, "Writing in the Age of Distraction"

“The single worst piece of writing advice I ever got was to stay away from the Internet because it would only waste my time and wouldn’t help my writing.” Tips for writing in the “always plugged in” age:

Short, regular work schedule
Leave yourself a rough edge
Don’t research
Don’t be ceremonious
Kill your word-processor
Realtime communications tools are deadly

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