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Writing DAG

Mr Ben
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Writing DAG

Sometimes writing is hard

and other times it's downright impossible.

Stack the odds in your favor with a writing system.

Writing is not one skill. It's more than stringing words together. You need to research, outline, draft, edit, edit, edit, and share.

A common failure mode is attempting to cram all these steps into a single sitting. It's too much! I know because it was my approach to writing until I took David Perell's Write of Passage.

David promotes a FAST writing style. I prefer to put an analytic spin on the process - a Writing DAG.

What is your writing process?

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