‘writing psychology’ directory
- See Also
- Gwern
- “Spending Writing ‘Weirdness Points’ Wisely ”, Gwern 2013
- “Things You Can’t Countersignal Online: Good Writing ”, Gwern 2023
- “‘Tools For Thought’ Failure ”, Gwern 2024
- “LLM Acceptable-Use Policy ”, Gwern 2024
- “Abs-E, Or, Speak Only Positively ”, Gwern 2024
- “Why So Few Matt Levines? ”, Gwern 2024
- “Why To Not Write A Book ”, Gwern 2024
- “About This Website ”, Gwern 2010
- “You Should Write More Online ”, Gwern 2024
- “What Is The Morning Writing Effect? ”, Gwern 2011
- “Open Questions ”, Gwern 2018
- “LSD Microdosing RCT ”, Gwern 2012
- Links
- “Sayaka Murata’s Alien Eye: The Author of Convenience Store Woman Has Gained a Cult following by Seeing the Ordinary World As Science Fiction ”, Batuman 2025
- “On Writing #1 ”, Mowshowitz 2025
- “The Widespread Adoption of Large Language Model-Assisted Writing Across Society ”, Liang et al 2025
- “A Very Private Life—Nikolai Tolstoy Remembers Patrick O’Brian ”, Tolstoy & Histories 2025
- “I Quit Teaching Because of ChatGPT ”, Livingstone 2024
- “Why I Still Blog After 15 Years ”, Hietala 2024
- “Advice on Finding Writing Ideas: Mostly for Non-Fiction Authors ”, McCarty 2024
- “Dwarkesh Podcast Progress Update ”, Patel 2024
- “The Later Years of Douglas Adams ”
- “I Am a Strange Dataset: Metalinguistic Tests for Language Models ”, Thrush et al 2024
- “Writing Matters ”, Feld et al 2024
- “The LessWrong 2022 Review § Cost of Book Production ”, Habryka 2023
- “Brandon Sanderson Is Your God: He’s the Biggest Fantasy Writer in the World. He’s Also Very Mormon. These Things Are Profoundly Related ”, Kehe 2023
- “Unexpected Interruptions, Idle Time, and Creativity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment ”, Schweisfurth & Greul 2023
- “Discovery Fiction ”, Nielsen 2023
- “Unbundling Tools for Thought ”, Borretti 2022
- “Listening Speaks to Our Intuition While Reading Promotes Analytic Thought ”, Geipel & Keysar 2022
- “Creative Writing With Wordcraft, an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers ”, Ippolito et al 2022
- “Poor Writing, Not Specialized Concepts, Drives Processing Difficulty in Legal Language ”, Martínez et al 2022
- “The Sexes Do Not Differ in General Intelligence, but They Do in Some Specifics ”, Reynolds et al 2022
- “Nymph Piss and Gravy Orgies: Local and Global Contrast Effects in Relational Humor ”, Siew et al 2022
- “You Don’t Need to Answer Right Away! Receivers Overestimate How Quickly Senders Expect Responses to Non-Urgent Work Emails ”, Giurge & Bohns 2021
- “Marketing Ideas: How to Write Research Articles That Readers Understand and Cite ”, Warren et al 2021
- “Fresh From Ganymede! § What Is A Book? ”, Sloan 2020
- “ALL-CAPS ”, Arbel & Toler 2020b
- “Compensatory Conspicuous Communication: Low Status Increases Jargon Use ”, Brown et al 2020
- “Creativity on Tap 2: Investigating Dose Effects of Alcohol on Cognitive Control and Creative Cognition ”, Benedek & Zöhrer 2020
- “Beyond the Emoticon: Are There Unintentional Cues of Emotion in Email? ”, Blunden & Brodsky 2020
- “Building the Perfect Curse Word: A Psycholinguistic Investigation of the Form and Meaning of Taboo Words ”, Reilly et al 2020
- “How Novelists Use Generative Language Models: An Exploratory User Study ”, Calderwood et al 2020
- “OTEANN: Estimating the Transparency of Orthographies With an Artificial Neural Network ”, Marjou 2019
- “How Can We Develop Transformative Tools For Thought? ”, Matuschak & Nielsen 2019
- “When the Muses Strike: Creative Ideas of Physicists and Writers Routinely Occur During Mind Wandering ”, Gable et al 2019
- “Curiosity Made the Cat More Creative: Specific Curiosity As a Driver of Creativity ”, Hagtvedt et al 2019
- “Profiling the International Academic Ghost Writers Who Are Providing Low-Cost Essays and Assignments for the Contract Cheating Industry ”, Lancaster 2018
- “Remembering Jerry Fodor and His Work ”, Rey 2018
- “Pre-Sleep Treatment With Galantamine Stimulates Lucid Dreaming: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study ”, LaBerge et al 2018
- “Q: How Do You Write so Quickly? ”, Alexander 2018
- “Having a Creative Day: Understanding Entrepreneurs' Daily Idea Generation through a Recovery Lens ”, Weinberger et al 2018
- “Humor Norms for 4,997 English Words ”, Engelthaler & Hills 2018
- “Philip Pullman Returns to His Fantasy World: After 17 Years, the Author of the Trilogy His Dark Materials Carries on the Story of One of Literature’s Most Indelible Heroines ”
- “Toward a Rational and Mechanistic Account of Mental Effort ”, Shenhav et al 2017
- “The Work Life of Developers: Activities, Switches and Perceived Productivity ”, Meyer et al 2017
- “Goal Setting, Academic Reminders, and College Success: A Large-Scale Field Experiment ”, Chris 2017
- “Meta-Analysis of the Antidepressant Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation ”, Boland et al 2017
- “The Musician’s Day [Memoirs of an Amnesiac] ”, Satie 2016
- “Memory and the Construction of Scientific Meaning: Michael Faraday’s Use of Notebooks and Records ”, Tweney & Ayala 2015
- “My Dad, the Pornographer ”, Offutt 2015
- “Always Bet on Text ”, graydon2 2014
- “Bored Mondays and Focused Afternoons: the Rhythm of Attention and Online Activity in the Workplace ”, Mark et al 2014
- “Converting Rejections into Positive Stimuli ”, Rubin 2014
- “Imperat Aut Servit: Managing Our Knowledge Inheritance ”, Gauthier 2013
- “Things You Can’t Countersignal ”, Alicorn 2010
- “Does Incubation Enhance Problem Solving? A Meta-Analytic Review ”, Sio & Ormerod 2009
- “Poetry and Ambition ”, Hall 2005
- “Temperament Profiles in Physicians, Lawyers, Managers, Industrialists, Architects, Journalists, and Artists: a Study in Psychiatric Outpatients ”, Akiskal et al 2005
- “Mania and Dysregulation in Goal Pursuit: a Review ”, Johnson 2005
- “So You Want to Be a Writer? ”, Bukowski 2003
- “Richard Posner, The Bench Burner: How Did a Judge With Such Subversive Ideas Become a Leading Influence on American Legal Opinion? ”, MacFarquhar 2001
- “It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: Effects of Instructions to Be Creative, Practical, or Analytical on Essay-Writing Performance and Their Interaction With Students’ Thinking Styles ”, O’Hara & Sternberg 2001
- “We Do Not Dream of the 3 R’s: Implications for the Nature of Dreaming Mentation ”, Hartmann 2000
- “Which Is More Productive, Writing in Binge Patterns of Creative Illness or in Moderation? ”, Boice 1997
- “Verbal Creativity, Depression and Alcoholism: An Investigation of 100 American and British Writers ”, Post 1996
- “Office Productivity: the Impacts of Staffing, Intellectual Specialization and Technology ”, Sassone 1996
- “Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught ”, Rota 1996
- “Measuring the Complexity of Writing Systems ”, Bosch et al 1994
- “Agnosia, Alexia and a Remarkable Form of Amnesia in an Adolescent Boy ”, Vargha-Khadem et al 1994
- “The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance ”, Ericsson et al 1993
- “B. F. Skinner: A Life ”, Bjork & W 1993
- “Don’t Fire the Clerical Staff! ”, Sassone 1992b
- “Survey Finds Low Office Productivity Linked to Staffing Imbalances ”, Sassone 1992
- “Writing Is a Technology That Restructures Thought ”, Ong 1992
- “Faraday’s Notebooks: the Active Organization of Creative Science ”, Tweney 1991
- “‘On The Edge Of An Abyss’: The Writer As Insomniac ”, Johnson 1990
- “Alcohol Input and Creative Output ”, Ludwig 1990
- “Some Thoughts On The Real World By One Who Glimpsed It And Fled ”, Watterson 1990
- “Mood Disorders and Patterns of Creativity in British Writers and Artists ”, Jamison 1989
- “The Psychologist As Wordsmith: a Questionnaire Study of the Writing Strategies of Productive British Psychologists ”, Hartley & Branthwaite 1989
- “Creativity and Mental Illness: Prevalence Rates in Writers and Their First-Degree Relatives ”, Andreasen 1987
- “Writing Method and Productivity of Science and Engineering Faculty ”
- “Chance and Order ”, Lem 1984
- “Perception and Practice of Writing for Publication by Faculty at a Doctoral-Granting University ”
- “Academics and Their Writing ”, Hartley & Knapper 1984
- “The Art of Fiction No. 71: William Maxwell ”, Maxwell & Seabrook 1982
- “Notes on Failure ”, Oates 1982
- “History and Creativity: Research Problems and Some Possible Solutions ”
- “Academics and Their Writing [Abridged] ”, Lowenthal & Wason 1981
- “Unintelligible Management Research and Academic Prestige ”, Armstrong 1980
- “Individual Procedures ”, Stein 1974
- “They Became What They Beheld § Foreword ”, Carpenter 1970 (page 5)
- “Silent Reading in Antiquity ”, Knox 1968
- Legibility of Print, Tinker 1963
- “Borges and I ”, Borges 1962
- “‘Cloze Procedure’: A New Tool for Measuring Readability ”, Taylor 1953
- “Coleridge’s Dream ”, Borges 1951
- “Getting Into Print ”, London 1903
- The Autobiography of Samuel Smiles, Smiles 2025
- “How Public Intellectuals Can Extend Their Shelf Lives ”
- “Blogging vs. Blog Setups ”
- “Don’t End The Week With Nothing ”, McKenzie 2025
- “The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance ”
- “I Started Blogging 20 Years Ago Today ”, Caplan 2025
- “Reading, Writing, and Fighting (With Mark Helprin) ”, Roberts & Helprin 2025
- “A Firsthand Account of What Homelessness in America Is Really Like: We See Right through the Unshowered Soul Living in a Car by the Beach, or by the Walmart, or by the Side of the Road. But He’s There, and He Used to Be Somebody. He Still Is. A Firsthand Account of Homelessness in America ”, Fealey 2025
- “To Get More Replies, Say Less ”, Kogan 2025
- “How I Don’t Use LLMs ”, Leech 2025
- “Cultivating a State of Mind Where New Ideas Are Born ”, Karlsson 2025
- “A Blog Post Is a Very Long and Complex Search Query to Find Fascinating People and Make Them Route Interesting Stuff to Your Inbox ”, Karlsson 2025
- “Advice for a Friend Who Wants to Start a Blog ”, Karlsson 2025
- “Patrick McKenzie: Brief Biography ”, McKenzie 2025
- “Wikipedia Shapes Language in Science Papers: Experiment Traces How Online Encyclopaedia Influences Research Write-Ups ”
- “Why I Am a Bad Correspondent ”, Stephenson 2025
- “Can Rilke Change Your Life? ”
- “What Kind of Writer Is ChatGPT? ”
- “The Divine Discontent ”
- “Axe Handles ”, Snyder 2025
- “Kazuo Ishiguro: How I Wrote The Remains of the Day in Four Weeks: The Author Reveals How the Tom Waits Song ‘Ruby’s Arms’ Served As Inspiration for His Booker Prize-Winning Classic Novel ”
- “The Art of Fiction #68: Carlos Fuentes ”, Fuentes 2025
- “The Art of Fiction #68: Anthony Powell ”, Powell 2025
- sarahdoingthing
- “Duty Calls ”, Munroe 2025
- “Zoey Ellis Books ”, Ellis 2025
- Sort By Magic
- Wikipedia (10)
- Miscellaneous
- Bibliography
See Also
Gwern
“Spending Writing ‘Weirdness Points’ Wisely ”, Gwern 2013
“Things You Can’t Countersignal Online: Good Writing ”, Gwern 2023
“‘Tools For Thought’ Failure ”, Gwern 2024
“LLM Acceptable-Use Policy ”, Gwern 2024
“Abs-E, Or, Speak Only Positively ”, Gwern 2024
“Why So Few Matt Levines? ”, Gwern 2024
“Why To Not Write A Book ”, Gwern 2024
“About This Website ”, Gwern 2010
“You Should Write More Online ”, Gwern 2024
“What Is The Morning Writing Effect? ”, Gwern 2011
“Open Questions ”, Gwern 2018
“LSD Microdosing RCT ”, Gwern 2012
Links
“Sayaka Murata’s Alien Eye: The Author of Convenience Store Woman Has Gained a Cult following by Seeing the Ordinary World As Science Fiction ”, Batuman 2025
“On Writing #1 ”, Mowshowitz 2025
View External Link:
“The Widespread Adoption of Large Language Model-Assisted Writing Across Society ”, Liang et al 2025
The Widespread Adoption of Large Language Model-Assisted Writing Across Society
“A Very Private Life—Nikolai Tolstoy Remembers Patrick O’Brian ”, Tolstoy & Histories 2025
A Very Private Life—Nikolai Tolstoy Remembers Patrick O’Brian
“I Quit Teaching Because of ChatGPT ”, Livingstone 2024
“Why I Still Blog After 15 Years ”, Hietala 2024
“Advice on Finding Writing Ideas: Mostly for Non-Fiction Authors ”, McCarty 2024
Advice on Finding Writing Ideas: Mostly for non-fiction authors :
“Dwarkesh Podcast Progress Update ”, Patel 2024
“The Later Years of Douglas Adams ”
“I Am a Strange Dataset: Metalinguistic Tests for Language Models ”, Thrush et al 2024
I am a Strange Dataset: Metalinguistic Tests for Language Models
“Writing Matters ”, Feld et al 2024
“The LessWrong 2022 Review § Cost of Book Production ”, Habryka 2023
“Brandon Sanderson Is Your God: He’s the Biggest Fantasy Writer in the World. He’s Also Very Mormon. These Things Are Profoundly Related ”, Kehe 2023
“Unexpected Interruptions, Idle Time, and Creativity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment ”, Schweisfurth & Greul 2023
Unexpected Interruptions, Idle Time, and Creativity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
“Discovery Fiction ”, Nielsen 2023
“Unbundling Tools for Thought ”, Borretti 2022
“Listening Speaks to Our Intuition While Reading Promotes Analytic Thought ”, Geipel & Keysar 2022
Listening speaks to our intuition while reading promotes analytic thought
“Creative Writing With Wordcraft, an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers ”, Ippolito et al 2022
“Poor Writing, Not Specialized Concepts, Drives Processing Difficulty in Legal Language ”, Martínez et al 2022
Poor writing, not specialized concepts, drives processing difficulty in legal language
“The Sexes Do Not Differ in General Intelligence, but They Do in Some Specifics ”, Reynolds et al 2022
The sexes do not differ in general intelligence, but they do in some specifics
“Nymph Piss and Gravy Orgies: Local and Global Contrast Effects in Relational Humor ”, Siew et al 2022
Nymph Piss and Gravy Orgies: Local and Global Contrast Effects in Relational Humor
“You Don’t Need to Answer Right Away! Receivers Overestimate How Quickly Senders Expect Responses to Non-Urgent Work Emails ”, Giurge & Bohns 2021
“Marketing Ideas: How to Write Research Articles That Readers Understand and Cite ”, Warren et al 2021
Marketing Ideas: How to Write Research Articles that Readers Understand and Cite
“Fresh From Ganymede! § What Is A Book? ”, Sloan 2020
“ALL-CAPS ”, Arbel & Toler 2020b
“Compensatory Conspicuous Communication: Low Status Increases Jargon Use ”, Brown et al 2020
Compensatory conspicuous communication: Low status increases jargon use
“Creativity on Tap 2: Investigating Dose Effects of Alcohol on Cognitive Control and Creative Cognition ”, Benedek & Zöhrer 2020
“Beyond the Emoticon: Are There Unintentional Cues of Emotion in Email? ”, Blunden & Brodsky 2020
Beyond the Emoticon: Are There Unintentional Cues of Emotion in Email?
“Building the Perfect Curse Word: A Psycholinguistic Investigation of the Form and Meaning of Taboo Words ”, Reilly et al 2020
“How Novelists Use Generative Language Models: An Exploratory User Study ”, Calderwood et al 2020
How Novelists Use Generative Language Models: An Exploratory User Study
“OTEANN: Estimating the Transparency of Orthographies With an Artificial Neural Network ”, Marjou 2019
OTEANN: Estimating the Transparency of Orthographies with an Artificial Neural Network
“How Can We Develop Transformative Tools For Thought? ”, Matuschak & Nielsen 2019
“When the Muses Strike: Creative Ideas of Physicists and Writers Routinely Occur During Mind Wandering ”, Gable et al 2019
“Curiosity Made the Cat More Creative: Specific Curiosity As a Driver of Creativity ”, Hagtvedt et al 2019
Curiosity made the cat more creative: Specific curiosity as a driver of creativity
“Profiling the International Academic Ghost Writers Who Are Providing Low-Cost Essays and Assignments for the Contract Cheating Industry ”, Lancaster 2018
“Remembering Jerry Fodor and His Work ”, Rey 2018
“Pre-Sleep Treatment With Galantamine Stimulates Lucid Dreaming: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study ”, LaBerge et al 2018
“Q: How Do You Write so Quickly? ”, Alexander 2018
“Having a Creative Day: Understanding Entrepreneurs' Daily Idea Generation through a Recovery Lens ”, Weinberger et al 2018
Having a creative day: Understanding entrepreneurs' daily idea generation through a recovery lens
“Humor Norms for 4,997 English Words ”, Engelthaler & Hills 2018
“Philip Pullman Returns to His Fantasy World: After 17 Years, the Author of the Trilogy His Dark Materials Carries on the Story of One of Literature’s Most Indelible Heroines ”
“Toward a Rational and Mechanistic Account of Mental Effort ”, Shenhav et al 2017
“The Work Life of Developers: Activities, Switches and Perceived Productivity ”, Meyer et al 2017
The Work Life of Developers: Activities, Switches and Perceived Productivity
“Goal Setting, Academic Reminders, and College Success: A Large-Scale Field Experiment ”, Chris 2017
Goal Setting, Academic Reminders, and College Success: A Large-Scale Field Experiment :
“Meta-Analysis of the Antidepressant Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation ”, Boland et al 2017
Meta-Analysis of the Antidepressant Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation
“The Musician’s Day [Memoirs of an Amnesiac] ”, Satie 2016
“Memory and the Construction of Scientific Meaning: Michael Faraday’s Use of Notebooks and Records ”, Tweney & Ayala 2015
Memory and the construction of scientific meaning: Michael Faraday’s use of notebooks and records
“My Dad, the Pornographer ”, Offutt 2015
“Always Bet on Text ”, graydon2 2014
“Bored Mondays and Focused Afternoons: the Rhythm of Attention and Online Activity in the Workplace ”, Mark et al 2014
Bored Mondays and focused afternoons: the rhythm of attention and online activity in the workplace
“Converting Rejections into Positive Stimuli ”, Rubin 2014
“Imperat Aut Servit: Managing Our Knowledge Inheritance ”, Gauthier 2013
“Things You Can’t Countersignal ”, Alicorn 2010
“Does Incubation Enhance Problem Solving? A Meta-Analytic Review ”, Sio & Ormerod 2009
Does incubation enhance problem solving? A meta-analytic review
“Poetry and Ambition ”, Hall 2005
“Temperament Profiles in Physicians, Lawyers, Managers, Industrialists, Architects, Journalists, and Artists: a Study in Psychiatric Outpatients ”, Akiskal et al 2005
“Mania and Dysregulation in Goal Pursuit: a Review ”, Johnson 2005
“So You Want to Be a Writer? ”, Bukowski 2003
“Richard Posner, The Bench Burner: How Did a Judge With Such Subversive Ideas Become a Leading Influence on American Legal Opinion? ”, MacFarquhar 2001
“It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: Effects of Instructions to Be Creative, Practical, or Analytical on Essay-Writing Performance and Their Interaction With Students’ Thinking Styles ”, O’Hara & Sternberg 2001
“We Do Not Dream of the 3 R’s: Implications for the Nature of Dreaming Mentation ”, Hartmann 2000
We Do Not Dream of the 3 R’s: Implications for the Nature of Dreaming Mentation
“Which Is More Productive, Writing in Binge Patterns of Creative Illness or in Moderation? ”, Boice 1997
Which is more Productive, Writing in Binge Patterns of Creative Illness or in Moderation?
“Verbal Creativity, Depression and Alcoholism: An Investigation of 100 American and British Writers ”, Post 1996
Verbal Creativity, Depression and Alcoholism: An Investigation of 100 American and British Writers
“Office Productivity: the Impacts of Staffing, Intellectual Specialization and Technology ”, Sassone 1996
Office productivity: the impacts of staffing, intellectual specialization and technology
“Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught ”, Rota 1996
“Measuring the Complexity of Writing Systems ”, Bosch et al 1994
“Agnosia, Alexia and a Remarkable Form of Amnesia in an Adolescent Boy ”, Vargha-Khadem et al 1994
Agnosia, alexia and a remarkable form of amnesia in an adolescent boy
“The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance ”, Ericsson et al 1993
The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance
“B. F. Skinner: A Life ”, Bjork & W 1993
View PDF (56MB):
“Don’t Fire the Clerical Staff! ”, Sassone 1992b
“Survey Finds Low Office Productivity Linked to Staffing Imbalances ”, Sassone 1992
Survey finds low office productivity linked to staffing imbalances
“Writing Is a Technology That Restructures Thought ”, Ong 1992
“Faraday’s Notebooks: the Active Organization of Creative Science ”, Tweney 1991
Faraday’s notebooks: the active organization of creative science
“‘On The Edge Of An Abyss’: The Writer As Insomniac ”, Johnson 1990
‘On The Edge Of An Abyss’: The Writer As Insomniac :
View PDF:
“Alcohol Input and Creative Output ”, Ludwig 1990
“Some Thoughts On The Real World By One Who Glimpsed It And Fled ”, Watterson 1990
Some Thoughts On The Real World By One Who Glimpsed It And Fled
“Mood Disorders and Patterns of Creativity in British Writers and Artists ”, Jamison 1989
Mood Disorders and Patterns of Creativity in British Writers and Artists
“The Psychologist As Wordsmith: a Questionnaire Study of the Writing Strategies of Productive British Psychologists ”, Hartley & Branthwaite 1989
View PDF:
“Creativity and Mental Illness: Prevalence Rates in Writers and Their First-Degree Relatives ”, Andreasen 1987
Creativity and mental illness: prevalence rates in writers and their first-degree relatives
“Writing Method and Productivity of Science and Engineering Faculty ”
Writing method and productivity of science and engineering faculty :
View PDF:
“Chance and Order ”, Lem 1984
View HTML:
“Perception and Practice of Writing for Publication by Faculty at a Doctoral-Granting University ”
Perception and practice of writing for publication by faculty at a doctoral-granting university :
View PDF:
“Academics and Their Writing ”, Hartley & Knapper 1984
“The Art of Fiction No. 71: William Maxwell ”, Maxwell & Seabrook 1982
“Notes on Failure ”, Oates 1982
View PDF:
“History and Creativity: Research Problems and Some Possible Solutions ”
History and Creativity: Research Problems and Some Possible Solutions :
“Academics and Their Writing [Abridged] ”, Lowenthal & Wason 1981
“Unintelligible Management Research and Academic Prestige ”, Armstrong 1980
“Individual Procedures ”, Stein 1974
“They Became What They Beheld § Foreword ”, Carpenter 1970 (page 5)
“Silent Reading in Antiquity ”, Knox 1968
View PDF:
Legibility of Print, Tinker 1963
“Borges and I ”, Borges 1962
“‘Cloze Procedure’: A New Tool for Measuring Readability ”, Taylor 1953
“Coleridge’s Dream ”, Borges 1951
“Getting Into Print ”, London 1903
View PDF:
The Autobiography of Samuel Smiles, Smiles 2025
The autobiography of Samuel Smiles :
View External Link:
https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofs00smiluoft/page/178/mode/2up
“How Public Intellectuals Can Extend Their Shelf Lives ”
“Blogging vs. Blog Setups ”
“Don’t End The Week With Nothing ”, McKenzie 2025
“The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance ”
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
“I Started Blogging 20 Years Ago Today ”, Caplan 2025
“Reading, Writing, and Fighting (With Mark Helprin) ”, Roberts & Helprin 2025
Reading, Writing, and Fighting (with Mark Helprin) :
View External Link:
https://www.econtalk.org/reading-writing-and-fighting-with-mark-helprin/
“A Firsthand Account of What Homelessness in America Is Really Like: We See Right through the Unshowered Soul Living in a Car by the Beach, or by the Walmart, or by the Side of the Road. But He’s There, and He Used to Be Somebody. He Still Is. A Firsthand Account of Homelessness in America ”, Fealey 2025
“To Get More Replies, Say Less ”, Kogan 2025
“How I Don’t Use LLMs ”, Leech 2025
“Cultivating a State of Mind Where New Ideas Are Born ”, Karlsson 2025
“A Blog Post Is a Very Long and Complex Search Query to Find Fascinating People and Make Them Route Interesting Stuff to Your Inbox ”, Karlsson 2025
“Advice for a Friend Who Wants to Start a Blog ”, Karlsson 2025
“Patrick McKenzie: Brief Biography ”, McKenzie 2025
Patrick McKenzie: Brief Biography :
View External Link:
“Wikipedia Shapes Language in Science Papers: Experiment Traces How Online Encyclopaedia Influences Research Write-Ups ”
“Why I Am a Bad Correspondent ”, Stephenson 2025
“Can Rilke Change Your Life? ”
“What Kind of Writer Is ChatGPT? ”
“The Divine Discontent ”
“Axe Handles ”, Snyder 2025
View External Link:
“Kazuo Ishiguro: How I Wrote The Remains of the Day in Four Weeks: The Author Reveals How the Tom Waits Song ‘Ruby’s Arms’ Served As Inspiration for His Booker Prize-Winning Classic Novel ”
“The Art of Fiction #68: Carlos Fuentes ”, Fuentes 2025
“The Art of Fiction #68: Anthony Powell ”, Powell 2025
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“Duty Calls ”, Munroe 2025
“Zoey Ellis Books ”, Ellis 2025
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