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10 counterintuitive writing habits that actually make you more creative

(Tactics used by great writers that seem ‘wrong’ but work)

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Alex Mathers
Feb 18, 2025
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Most writing advice is predictable: write every day, just show up, outline everything, and edit like you hate yourself.

But take a look at history’s most prolific and creative writers, and we see they often ignored conventional wisdom.

Many of them thrived …

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