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Sweat the Technique: On Writing Process and Possibilities

Lincoln Michel · 7 Sept 2026 · countercraft.substack.com

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  1. The methods we choose to use to compose the work determine the final work as much as any decision by a painter or musician.
  2. You need a freewheeling process to create a freewheeling work.