The Secret to Writing with Emotion, Without Oversharing — Ava Huang
How do you create intimacy and connection with readers? While some writers have a way of letting you inside their mind, Ava Huang has a way of letting you inside her heart. There's an intimacy about her writing - an honesty, a tenderness, a contemplative-ness, a sense of connection that shows up in her work and it's what makes her unique. Ava sees writing as a distinct form of consciousness. This process of continually excavating your mind to find out what you think and then eventually you realize that you have so much more to say on this topic than you ever originally realized. Ava Huang's story is a treasure trove of insights, of moments that make you pause and think, "Wow, writing is so much more than just words on a page." It's about the heart, the soul, and the contemplative journey that we all take. OUTLINE: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:45 Cliches 00:02:20 Going deeper 00:03:10 Difficult emotions 00:03:30 Self sabotage 00:07:00 Tools and methods 00:08:30 Dialogue 00:13:00 Writing style 00:16:00 Poetry 00:20:00 Ruminating 00:22:30 Experiences 00:27:00 Notes 00:32:30 Abundance 00:34:00 Psychedelics 00:35:00 Acceptance 00:40:30 Hatred 00:43:30 Twitter 00:44:00 Audiences 00:49:00 Quantity vs Quality 00:50:30 Cultivating taste 00:56:00 Love 00:57:00 Habits 00:58:00 Writing process SPEAKER LINKS: Substack: https://ava.substack.com/ Twitter: / noampomsky WRITE OF PASSAGE: Want to learn more about the next class Write of Passage? Click here: https://take.writeofpassage.school/wr... PODCAST LINKS: Website: https://writeofpassage.school/how-i-w... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSbo... ABOUT THE HOST: I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible.
