The Jerry Seinfeld guide to writing: Create first, edit second. Never do them at the same time. Here's my mini-essay.
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Seinfeld divides writing and editing into two separate activities. It's like he's switching between two modes of being. The creation phase is a delirious dance of action and exuberance, while the editing phase is slow… calm… and peaceful. perell.com/note/the-jerry-se…

10:45 PM · Jan 18, 2021

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Replying to @david_perell
In Design Thinking they call those phases “diverge” and “converge” Diverge - Where you allow yourself to diverge and create as many ideas that come to mind Converge- When you have to begin the edit process as you say and narrow down what’s out there
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