What I Learned From..
Where sharp thoughts and messy learning collide. For the intellectually restless, the margin-scribblers, the readers and writers who refuse to think in a straight line.
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What’s in the drawer you never let anyone read?
Welcome to What I Learned From…, a curious little newsletter full of essays, advice, and rabbit holes for writers who want to sharpen their craft without losing their edge. If someone forwarded this because they think you're one of us, they’re probably right. You can subscribe here. “For someone like me, it is a very strange habit to write in a diary. Not only that I have never written before, but it strikes me that later neither I, nor anyone else, will care for the outpouring of a thirteen...
READ POST[WILF] Urban Walls & Writing in Tight Spaces
Welcome to What I Learned From…, a curious little newsletter full of essays, advice, and rabbit holes for writers who want to sharpen their craft without losing their edge. If someone forwarded this because they think you're one of us, they’re probably right. You can subscribe here. “She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.” — J.D. Salinger, A Girl I Knew Photo by armağan başaran What I Learned From … You...
READ POST[WILF] Ursula K. Le Guin & Sharp Pointy Sticks
Welcome to What I Learned From…, a curious little newsletter full of essays, advice, and rabbit holes for writers who want to sharpen their craft without losing their edge. If someone forwarded this because they think you're one of us, they’re probably right. You can subscribe here. “The world is a woven basket. Every stitch counts.” ― A.D. Posey Photo by Lisa from Pexels What I Learned From … What if the first human tool wasn’t a weapon? Not a spear, not a blade, not something to stab or...
READ POST[WILF] Birthday Candles & Blowing Things Up
Welcome to What I Learned From…, a curious little newsletter full of essays, advice, and rabbit holes for writers who want to sharpen their craft without losing their edge. If someone forwarded this because they think you're one of us, they’re probably right. You can subscribe here. “She had a fire inside her. She wondered if the fire was to warn her or destroy her. Then she realised. The fire had no motive. Only she could have that. The power was hers.” ― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library...
READ POST[WILF] Messages in Bottles & Letting Go
Welcome to What I Learned From…, a curious little newsletter full of essays, advice, and rabbit holes for writers who want to sharpen their craft without losing their edge. If someone forwarded this because they think you're one of us, they’re probably right. You can subscribe here. Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes Walked out this morning, I don't believe what I sawA hundred billion bottles washed up on the shoreSeems I'm not alone in being aloneHundred billion castaways looking for a home —...
READ POST[WILF] Virginia Woolf & Creative Snacking
Welcome to What I Learned From… a newsletter that offers short essays, resources, and reading suggestions to help writers and essayists improve their writing craft. It's nice to see you here! If someone forwarded you this email because they love your writing, you can subscribe here. Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes “When you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.” — Chinese Saying Photo by Pavel Danilyuk What I Learned From … I’ve got one hand in the...
READ POST[WILF] Baba Yaga and Monsters
Welcome to What I Learned From… a newsletter that offers short essays, resources, and reading suggestions to help writers and essayists improve their writing craft. It's nice to see you here! If someone forwarded you this email because they love your writing, you can subscribe here. Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes “The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous” ― John le Carré Photo by Daniele Franchi What I Learned From … Baba Yaga lives deep in the...
READ POSTWhat I Learned From Golden Records About Being Known
Welcome to What I Learned From… a newsletter that offers short essays, resources, and reading suggestions to help writers and essayists improve their writing craft. It's nice to see you here! If someone forwarded you this email because they love your writing, you can subscribe here. Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes “They should have sent a poet” ― Jodie Foster as Dr. Ellie Arroway in Contact Photo by Greg Rakozy What I Learned From … In 1977 NASA launched two spacecraft, Voyager 1 and...
READ POST[WILF] Taylor Swift and Graveyards
Welcome to What I Learned From… a newsletter that offers short essays, resources, and reading suggestions to help writers and essayists improve their writing craft. It's nice to see you here! If someone forwarded you this email because they love your writing, you can subscribe here. Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. The sun might shine, or the clouds might lour: but nothing could appear to me as it had done the day...
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