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Read this korrent: Until you know how a story ends you cannot know how it begins, and that is why a book with material but no shape cannot be written.
Until you know how a story ends you cannot know how it begins, and that is why a book with material but no shape cannot be written.
Last stated 9 months ago
15 Dec 2025
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Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You should only start a book you believe is going to be great, whatever it turns out to be. — tap to centre the map on it
You should only start a book you believe is going to be great, whatever it turns out to be.
Last stated 9 months ago
15 Dec 2025
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Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A writer's audience does not carry from one book to the next: every book is another startup you have to make happen from scratch. — tap to centre the map on it
A writer's audience does not carry from one book to the next: every book is another startup you have to make…
Last stated 9 months ago
15 Dec 2025
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Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Writing is how the thinking gets done, so a writer who hands the words to a machine has given away the part that mattered. — tap to centre the map on it
Writing is how the thinking gets done, so a writer who hands the words to a machine has given away the part that…
Last stated 5 months ago
22 Apr 2026
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Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The aim of a story is to be so complete that once it has been told there is nothing left to say. — tap to centre the map on it
The aim of a story is to be so complete that once it has been told there is nothing left to say.
Last stated 9 months ago
15 Dec 2025
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Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reading every agent trajectory has stopped being possible, and what replaces it is demanding an end-to-end account of the decisions that were made. — tap to centre the map on it
Reading every agent trajectory has stopped being possible, and what replaces it is demanding an end-to-end…
Last stated 3 weeks ago
19 Aug 2026
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Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What matters is not how the writer felt while writing it but how the reader will feel while reading it. — tap to centre the map on it
What matters is not how the writer felt while writing it but how the reader will feel while reading it.
Last stated a month ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A maker cannot summon the good line, only be at the desk when it arrives, and the outcome is not theirs to influence. — tap to centre the map on it
A maker cannot summon the good line, only be at the desk when it arrives, and the outcome is not theirs to influence.
Last stated 5 years ago
29 Jun 2021
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Nick Cave — holds since 2021-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An unfinished work is worth nothing at all, not almost everything. — tap to centre the map on it
An unfinished work is worth nothing at all, not almost everything.
Last stated 5 days ago
2 Sept 2026
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Steven Pressfield — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are
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