Chapter
Overcoming Writing Difficulties
07:24 - 15:59 (08:34)
Author provides advice on how to overcome difficulties in starting a writing project and maintaining concentration, drawing on the comparison of writing to being settled in a marriage.
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The podcast discusses advice for overcoming difficulties in starting a writing project and maintaining concentration amidst interruptions, highlighting a writer who compared the creative process to marriage but expressed a desire to "be married and not get married".
07:24 - 10:17 (02:52)
Summary
The podcast discusses advice for overcoming difficulties in starting a writing project and maintaining concentration amidst interruptions, highlighting a writer who compared the creative process to marriage but expressed a desire to "be married and not get married".
ChapterOvercoming Writing Difficulties
Episode#497: Joyce Carol Oates — A Writing Icon on Creative Process and Creative Living
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Having a clear beginning, end, and title before starting to write can provide direction and motivation throughout the creative process.
10:17 - 13:08 (02:50)
Summary
Having a clear beginning, end, and title before starting to write can provide direction and motivation throughout the creative process.
ChapterOvercoming Writing Difficulties
Episode#497: Joyce Carol Oates — A Writing Icon on Creative Process and Creative Living
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker discusses the importance of having a title and structure in place before beginning a long work, but also highlights the benefits of making mistakes and exploring during the writing process.
13:08 - 14:13 (01:05)
Summary
The speaker discusses the importance of having a title and structure in place before beginning a long work, but also highlights the benefits of making mistakes and exploring during the writing process.
ChapterOvercoming Writing Difficulties
Episode#497: Joyce Carol Oates — A Writing Icon on Creative Process and Creative Living
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker discusses their process of thinking about writing while engaging in physical activity, such as running and walking.
14:14 - 15:59 (01:44)
Summary
The speaker discusses their process of thinking about writing while engaging in physical activity, such as running and walking. They describe having a spatial sense and thinking about the structure of their writing in these moments.