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writing
A Field Guide to the Long Post
A long post has parts, and each one has a job. Headings, a pull quote, a list and a table, each with a note on when it earns its place and when it's just furniture.
tools
The Tools I Dropped and the One I Kept
Over six years I tried a notes app with tags, a full-screen editor, a project board and a voice recorder. A cheap spiral notebook is the only one still on my desk.
craft
A Bookbinder on Patience
I spent a morning in a narrow workshop watching Ottilie Brannock sew a book by hand. She says glue is the least interesting part and the waiting is the whole job.
habits
Six Months of a Weekly Writing Habit
Twenty-six Fridays of writing one page for no one. What I expected, what I got, the two weeks I missed and the small rule that kept the habit alive.
reading
The Reading List I Rebuild Every Season
Once a season I throw out my reading list and start again from the shelf, the nightstand and one honest question. What survives is never what I planned to read.
writing
Outlining a Long Essay in One Afternoon
I used to skip outlines and pay for it in lost weeks. Now a long piece gets one afternoon, a stack of index cards and a hard stop. Here is how the hours actually go.