You Don’t Have Writer’s Block. You Have “Reporter’s Block”

If the words won’t come, stop trying to write — and do more research

“Typewriter”, by April Killingsworth
FEWOCiOUS, from his Instagram feed
Cryptopunks: I realized I needed to do more research, and talk to their inventors
Most of what nonfiction writers do is research. Writing? Only a sliver

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I write 2X a week on tech, science, culture — and how those collide. Writer at NYT mag/Wired; author, “Coders”. @clive@saturation.social clive@clivethompson.net

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I write 2X a week on tech, science, culture — and how those collide. Writer at NYT mag/Wired; author, “Coders”. @clive@saturation.social clive@clivethompson.net