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  "title": "Writing on Notes",
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        "id": "http://From78.micro.blog/2026/08/22/rober-macfarlanes-writing-process.html",
        "title": "Rober MacFarlane's writing process ",
        "content_html": "<p>Yesterday, I wrote about the first sentences of <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Old-Ways-Journey-Foot-Landscapes/dp/0147509793\"><em>The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot</em></a> by <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Macfarlane_(writer)\">Robert MacFarlance</a>.</p>\n<p>Today, I found <a href=\"https://jeremybassetti.com/fieldnotes/2025/writing-advice-robert-macfarlane/\">this</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Macfarlane begins each project with what he calls a “portal question” — seemingly simple questions like “Why do we climb mountains?” or “Is a river alive?” These questions, when combined with a child-like wonder and openness, can lead the writer through interesting, complicated, difficult terrain. These questions are the basis for a kind of intellectual exploration.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>MacFarlane discusses his process extensively in <a href=\"https://youtu.be/rdsE9XqB2bI?si=fnLryOHT53uWkmXm\">this interview</a>.</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2026-08-22T06:54:34-05:00",
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      {
        "id": "http://From78.micro.blog/2026/08/17/not-today.html",
        "title": "Not today",
        "content_html": "<p>Tried working on an essay that I&rsquo;ve been working on for longer than I expected. I could not get into the right mindset and sustain my focus in the way I needed to. Random thoughts about all sorts of other things kept getting in the way. I&rsquo;m going to trust my unconscious and assume that today just isn&rsquo;t the day to write this thing.</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2026-08-17T16:53:40-05:00",
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      {
        "id": "http://From78.micro.blog/2026/08/17/from-on-writing-content-and.html",
        "title": "Are we all writers?",
        "content_html": "<p>From <a href=\"https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/on-content-writing-and-art\">On Writing, Content, and Art</a>, by <a href=\"https://manuelmoreale.com\">Manu</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This is clearly writing and, therefore, I am a writer. But in that case, we’re probably all writers. We all text and send emails and post online. Are we all writers? What makes a writer a writer? The medium? The length? The meaning? The time spent?</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Fun to think about those questions, eh?</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2026-08-17T08:00:00-05:00",
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