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		atoav on Oct 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing Is Thinking: Learning to Write with Confid... A technique I often use when I ended up in a confused spot or feel unhappy is to write letters to a person without sending them. Somehow having a person in mind that you have to explain the whole mess to, really fucuses your thoughts and helps you in some way to figure out where you stand faster and more easily.

xtacy on Oct 7, 2019 [–]

One of my professors used to say -- Writing is to thinking as alum is to murky water. Indeed, writing makes you crystallise your thoughts.

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