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- “RSS/Atom Feed to the Site Content § Multi-Level Writing Ideas”, Gwern 2024
- “Why To Not Write A Book”, Gwern 2024
- “You Should Write More Online—It’s Still a Good Time”, Gwern 2024
- “What Is The Morning Writing Effect?”, Gwern 2011
- “Open Questions”, Gwern 2018
- “About This Website”, Gwern 2010
- “LSD Microdosing RCT”, Gwern 2012
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- “Dwarkesh Podcast Progress Update”, Patel 2024
- “I Am a Strange Dataset: Metalinguistic Tests for Language Models”, Thrush et al 2024
- “Writing Matters”, Feld et al 2024
- “Brandon Sanderson Is Your God: He’s the Biggest Fantasy Writer in the World. He’s Also Very Mormon. These Things Are Profoundly Related”, Kehe 2023
- “Unexpected Interruptions, Idle Time, and Creativity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment”, Schweisfurth & Greul 2023
- “Discovery Fiction”, Nielsen 2023
- “Listening Speaks to Our Intuition While Reading Promotes Analytic Thought”, Geipel & Keysar 2022
- “Creative Writing With Wordcraft, an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers”, Ippolito et al 2022
- “Poor Writing, Not Specialized Concepts, Drives Processing Difficulty in Legal Language”, Martínez et al 2022
- “The Sexes Do Not Differ in General Intelligence, but They Do in Some Specifics”, Reynolds et al 2022
- “Nymph Piss and Gravy Orgies: Local and Global Contrast Effects in Relational Humor”, Siew et al 2022
- “You Don’t Need to Answer Right Away! Receivers Overestimate How Quickly Senders Expect Responses to Non-Urgent Work Emails”, Giurge & Bohns 2021
- “Marketing Ideas: How to Write Research Articles That Readers Understand and Cite”, Warren et al 2021
- “Fresh From Ganymede! § What Is A Book?”, Sloan 2020
- “ALL-CAPS”, Arbel & Toler 2020b
- “Compensatory Conspicuous Communication: Low Status Increases Jargon Use”, Brown et al 2020
- “Creativity on Tap 2: Investigating Dose Effects of Alcohol on Cognitive Control and Creative Cognition”, Benedek & Zöhrer 2020
- “Beyond the Emoticon: Are There Unintentional Cues of Emotion in Email?”, Blunden & Brodsky 2020
- “Building the Perfect Curse Word: A Psycholinguistic Investigation of the Form and Meaning of Taboo Words”, Reilly et al 2020
- “How Novelists Use Generative Language Models: An Exploratory User Study”, Calderwood et al 2020
- “OTEANN: Estimating the Transparency of Orthographies With an Artificial Neural Network”, Marjou 2019
- “How Can We Develop Transformative Tools For Thought?”, Matuschak & Nielsen 2019
- “When the Muses Strike: Creative Ideas of Physicists and Writers Routinely Occur During Mind Wandering”, Gable et al 2019
- “Curiosity Made the Cat More Creative: Specific Curiosity As a Driver of Creativity”, Hagtvedt et al 2019
- “Profiling the International Academic Ghost Writers Who Are Providing Low-Cost Essays and Assignments for the Contract Cheating Industry”, Lancaster 2018
- “Pre-Sleep Treatment With Galantamine Stimulates Lucid Dreaming: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study”, LaBerge et al 2018
- “Q: How Do You Write so Quickly?”, Alexander 2018
- “Having a Creative Day: Understanding Entrepreneurs' Daily Idea Generation through a Recovery Lens”, Weinberger et al 2018
- “Humor Norms for 4,997 English Words”, Engelthaler & Hills 2018
- “Toward a Rational and Mechanistic Account of Mental Effort”, Shenhav et al 2017
- “The Work Life of Developers: Activities, Switches and Perceived Productivity”, Meyer et al 2017
- “Goal Setting, Academic Reminders, and College Success: A Large-Scale Field Experiment”, Chris 2017
- “Meta-Analysis of the Antidepressant Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation”, Boland et al 2017
- “Memory and the Construction of Scientific Meaning: Michael Faraday’s Use of Notebooks and Records”, Tweney & Ayala 2015
- “My Dad, the Pornographer”, Offutt 2015
- “Always Bet on Text”, graydon2 2014
- “Bored Mondays and Focused Afternoons: the Rhythm of Attention and Online Activity in the Workplace”, Mark et al 2014
- “Imperat Aut Servit: Managing Our Knowledge Inheritance”, Gauthier 2013
- “Does Incubation Enhance Problem Solving? A Meta-Analytic Review”, Sio & Ormerod 2009
- “Temperament Profiles in Physicians, Lawyers, Managers, Industrialists, Architects, Journalists, and Artists: a Study in Psychiatric Outpatients”, Akiskal et al 2005
- “Mania and Dysregulation in Goal Pursuit: a Review”, Johnson 2005
- “It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: Effects of Instructions to Be Creative, Practical, or Analytical on Essay-Writing Performance and Their Interaction With Students’ Thinking Styles”, O’Hara & Sternberg 2001
- “We Do Not Dream of the 3 R’s: Implications for the Nature of Dreaming Mentation”, Hartmann 2000
- “Which Is More Productive, Writing in Binge Patterns of Creative Illness or in Moderation?”, Boice 1997
- “Verbal Creativity, Depression and Alcoholism: An Investigation of 100 American and British Writers”, Post 1996
- “Office Productivity: the Impacts of Staffing, Intellectual Specialization and Technology”, Sassone 1996
- “Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught”, Rota 1996
- “Measuring the Complexity of Writing Systems”, Bosch et al 1994
- “The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance”, Ericsson et al 1993
- “B. F. Skinner: A Life”, Bjork & W 1993
- “Don’t Fire the Clerical Staff!”, Sassone 1992b
- “Survey Finds Low Office Productivity Linked to Staffing Imbalances”, Sassone 1992
- “Writing Is a Technology That Restructures Thought”, Ong 1992
- “Faraday’s Notebooks: the Active Organization of Creative Science”, Tweney 1991
- “Alcohol Input and Creative Output”, Ludwig 1990
- “Mood Disorders and Patterns of Creativity in British Writers and Artists”, Jamison 1989
- “The Psychologist As Wordsmith: a Questionnaire Study of the Writing Strategies of Productive British Psychologists”, Hartley & Branthwaite 1989
- “Creativity and Mental Illness: Prevalence Rates in Writers and Their First-Degree Relatives”, Andreasen 1987
- “Writing Method and Productivity of Science and Engineering Faculty”
- “Chance and Order”, Lem 1984
- “Perception and Practice of Writing for Publication by Faculty at a Doctoral-Granting University”
- “Academics and Their Writing”, Hartley & Knapper 1984
- “Notes on Failure”, Oates 1982
- “History and Creativity: Research Problems and Some Possible Solutions”
- “Academics and Their Writing [Abridged]”, Lowenthal & Wason 1981
- “Unintelligible Management Research and Academic Prestige”, Armstrong 1980
- “Individual Procedures”, Stein 1974
- “Silent Reading in Antiquity”, Knox 1968
- “Legibility of Print”, Tinker 1963
- “Borges and I”, Borges 1962
- “‘Cloze Procedure’: A New Tool for Measuring Readability”, Taylor 1953
- “Getting Into Print”, London 1903
- “The Autobiography of Samuel Smiles”, Smiles 2024
- “How Public Intellectuals Can Extend Their Shelf Lives”
- “Don’t End The Week With Nothing”, McKenzie 2024
- “The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance”
- “I Started Blogging 20 Years Ago Today”, Caplan 2024
- “Reading, Writing, and Fighting (with Mark Helprin)”, Roberts & Helprin 2024
- “Wikipedia Shapes Language in Science Papers: Experiment Traces How Online Encyclopaedia Influences Research Write-Ups”
- “Why I Am a Bad Correspondent”, Stephenson 2024
- sarahdoingthing
- “Zoey Ellis Books”, Ellis 2024
- Wikipedia
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Gwern
“RSS/Atom Feed to the Site Content § Multi-Level Writing Ideas”, Gwern 2024
RSS/Atom feed to the site content § Multi-level Writing Ideas
“Why To Not Write A Book”, Gwern 2024
“You Should Write More Online—It’s Still a Good Time”, Gwern 2024
“What Is The Morning Writing Effect?”, Gwern 2011
“Open Questions”, Gwern 2018
“About This Website”, Gwern 2010
“LSD Microdosing RCT”, Gwern 2012
Links
“Dwarkesh Podcast Progress Update”, Patel 2024
“I Am a Strange Dataset: Metalinguistic Tests for Language Models”, Thrush et al 2024
I am a Strange Dataset: Metalinguistic Tests for Language Models
“Writing Matters”, Feld et al 2024
“Brandon Sanderson Is Your God: He’s the Biggest Fantasy Writer in the World. He’s Also Very Mormon. These Things Are Profoundly Related”, Kehe 2023
“Unexpected Interruptions, Idle Time, and Creativity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment”, Schweisfurth & Greul 2023
Unexpected Interruptions, Idle Time, and Creativity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
“Discovery Fiction”, Nielsen 2023
“Listening Speaks to Our Intuition While Reading Promotes Analytic Thought”, Geipel & Keysar 2022
Listening speaks to our intuition while reading promotes analytic thought
“Creative Writing With Wordcraft, an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers”, Ippolito et al 2022
“Poor Writing, Not Specialized Concepts, Drives Processing Difficulty in Legal Language”, Martínez et al 2022
Poor writing, not specialized concepts, drives processing difficulty in legal language
“The Sexes Do Not Differ in General Intelligence, but They Do in Some Specifics”, Reynolds et al 2022
The sexes do not differ in general intelligence, but they do in some specifics
“Nymph Piss and Gravy Orgies: Local and Global Contrast Effects in Relational Humor”, Siew et al 2022
Nymph Piss and Gravy Orgies: Local and Global Contrast Effects in Relational Humor
“You Don’t Need to Answer Right Away! Receivers Overestimate How Quickly Senders Expect Responses to Non-Urgent Work Emails”, Giurge & Bohns 2021
“Marketing Ideas: How to Write Research Articles That Readers Understand and Cite”, Warren et al 2021
Marketing Ideas: How to Write Research Articles that Readers Understand and Cite
“Fresh From Ganymede! § What Is A Book?”, Sloan 2020
“ALL-CAPS”, Arbel & Toler 2020b
“Compensatory Conspicuous Communication: Low Status Increases Jargon Use”, Brown et al 2020
Compensatory conspicuous communication: Low status increases jargon use
“Creativity on Tap 2: Investigating Dose Effects of Alcohol on Cognitive Control and Creative Cognition”, Benedek & Zöhrer 2020
“Beyond the Emoticon: Are There Unintentional Cues of Emotion in Email?”, Blunden & Brodsky 2020
Beyond the Emoticon: Are There Unintentional Cues of Emotion in Email?
“Building the Perfect Curse Word: A Psycholinguistic Investigation of the Form and Meaning of Taboo Words”, Reilly et al 2020
“How Novelists Use Generative Language Models: An Exploratory User Study”, Calderwood et al 2020
How Novelists Use Generative Language Models: An Exploratory User Study
“OTEANN: Estimating the Transparency of Orthographies With an Artificial Neural Network”, Marjou 2019
OTEANN: Estimating the Transparency of Orthographies with an Artificial Neural Network
“How Can We Develop Transformative Tools For Thought?”, Matuschak & Nielsen 2019
“When the Muses Strike: Creative Ideas of Physicists and Writers Routinely Occur During Mind Wandering”, Gable et al 2019
“Curiosity Made the Cat More Creative: Specific Curiosity As a Driver of Creativity”, Hagtvedt et al 2019
Curiosity made the cat more creative: Specific curiosity as a driver of creativity
“Profiling the International Academic Ghost Writers Who Are Providing Low-Cost Essays and Assignments for the Contract Cheating Industry”, Lancaster 2018
“Pre-Sleep Treatment With Galantamine Stimulates Lucid Dreaming: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study”, LaBerge et al 2018
“Q: How Do You Write so Quickly?”, Alexander 2018
“Having a Creative Day: Understanding Entrepreneurs' Daily Idea Generation through a Recovery Lens”, Weinberger et al 2018
Having a creative day: Understanding entrepreneurs' daily idea generation through a recovery lens
“Humor Norms for 4,997 English Words”, Engelthaler & Hills 2018
“Toward a Rational and Mechanistic Account of Mental Effort”, Shenhav et al 2017
“The Work Life of Developers: Activities, Switches and Perceived Productivity”, Meyer et al 2017
The Work Life of Developers: Activities, Switches and Perceived Productivity
“Goal Setting, Academic Reminders, and College Success: A Large-Scale Field Experiment”, Chris 2017
Goal Setting, Academic Reminders, and College Success: A Large-Scale Field Experiment:
“Meta-Analysis of the Antidepressant Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation”, Boland et al 2017
Meta-Analysis of the Antidepressant Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation
“Memory and the Construction of Scientific Meaning: Michael Faraday’s Use of Notebooks and Records”, Tweney & Ayala 2015
Memory and the construction of scientific meaning: Michael Faraday’s use of notebooks and records
“My Dad, the Pornographer”, Offutt 2015
“Always Bet on Text”, graydon2 2014
“Bored Mondays and Focused Afternoons: the Rhythm of Attention and Online Activity in the Workplace”, Mark et al 2014
Bored Mondays and focused afternoons: the rhythm of attention and online activity in the workplace
“Imperat Aut Servit: Managing Our Knowledge Inheritance”, Gauthier 2013
“Does Incubation Enhance Problem Solving? A Meta-Analytic Review”, Sio & Ormerod 2009
Does incubation enhance problem solving? A meta-analytic review
“Temperament Profiles in Physicians, Lawyers, Managers, Industrialists, Architects, Journalists, and Artists: a Study in Psychiatric Outpatients”, Akiskal et al 2005
“Mania and Dysregulation in Goal Pursuit: a Review”, Johnson 2005
“It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: Effects of Instructions to Be Creative, Practical, or Analytical on Essay-Writing Performance and Their Interaction With Students’ Thinking Styles”, O’Hara & Sternberg 2001
“We Do Not Dream of the 3 R’s: Implications for the Nature of Dreaming Mentation”, Hartmann 2000
We Do Not Dream of the 3 R’s: Implications for the Nature of Dreaming Mentation
“Which Is More Productive, Writing in Binge Patterns of Creative Illness or in Moderation?”, Boice 1997
Which is more Productive, Writing in Binge Patterns of Creative Illness or in Moderation?
“Verbal Creativity, Depression and Alcoholism: An Investigation of 100 American and British Writers”, Post 1996
Verbal Creativity, Depression and Alcoholism: An Investigation of 100 American and British Writers
“Office Productivity: the Impacts of Staffing, Intellectual Specialization and Technology”, Sassone 1996
Office productivity: the impacts of staffing, intellectual specialization and technology
“Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught”, Rota 1996
“Measuring the Complexity of Writing Systems”, Bosch et al 1994
“The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance”, Ericsson et al 1993
The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance
“B. F. Skinner: A Life”, Bjork & W 1993
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“Don’t Fire the Clerical Staff!”, Sassone 1992b
“Survey Finds Low Office Productivity Linked to Staffing Imbalances”, Sassone 1992
Survey finds low office productivity linked to staffing imbalances
“Writing Is a Technology That Restructures Thought”, Ong 1992
“Faraday’s Notebooks: the Active Organization of Creative Science”, Tweney 1991
Faraday’s notebooks: the active organization of creative science
“Alcohol Input and Creative Output”, Ludwig 1990
“Mood Disorders and Patterns of Creativity in British Writers and Artists”, Jamison 1989
Mood Disorders and Patterns of Creativity in British Writers and Artists
“The Psychologist As Wordsmith: a Questionnaire Study of the Writing Strategies of Productive British Psychologists”, Hartley & Branthwaite 1989
View PDF:
“Creativity and Mental Illness: Prevalence Rates in Writers and Their First-Degree Relatives”, Andreasen 1987
Creativity and mental illness: prevalence rates in writers and their first-degree relatives
“Writing Method and Productivity of Science and Engineering Faculty”
Writing method and productivity of science and engineering faculty:
View PDF:
“Chance and Order”, Lem 1984
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“Perception and Practice of Writing for Publication by Faculty at a Doctoral-Granting University”
Perception and practice of writing for publication by faculty at a doctoral-granting university:
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“Academics and Their Writing”, Hartley & Knapper 1984
“Notes on Failure”, Oates 1982
View PDF:
“History and Creativity: Research Problems and Some Possible Solutions”
History and Creativity: Research Problems and Some Possible Solutions:
“Academics and Their Writing [Abridged]”, Lowenthal & Wason 1981
“Unintelligible Management Research and Academic Prestige”, Armstrong 1980
“Individual Procedures”, Stein 1974
“Silent Reading in Antiquity”, Knox 1968
View PDF:
“Legibility of Print”, Tinker 1963
“Borges and I”, Borges 1962
“‘Cloze Procedure’: A New Tool for Measuring Readability”, Taylor 1953
“Getting Into Print”, London 1903
View PDF:
“The Autobiography of Samuel Smiles”, Smiles 2024
The autobiography of Samuel Smiles:
View External Link:
https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofs00smiluoft/page/178/mode/2up
“How Public Intellectuals Can Extend Their Shelf Lives”
“Don’t End The Week With Nothing”, McKenzie 2024
“The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance”
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
“I Started Blogging 20 Years Ago Today”, Caplan 2024
“Reading, Writing, and Fighting (with Mark Helprin)”, Roberts & Helprin 2024
Reading, Writing, and Fighting (with Mark Helprin):
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https://www.econtalk.org/reading-writing-and-fighting-with-mark-helprin/
“Wikipedia Shapes Language in Science Papers: Experiment Traces How Online Encyclopaedia Influences Research Write-Ups”
“Why I Am a Bad Correspondent”, Stephenson 2024
sarahdoingthing
“Zoey Ellis Books”, Ellis 2024
Wikipedia
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https://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2019/03/book-review-draft-no-4-by-john-mcphee.html: -
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https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ThhNvdBxcTYdzm69s/things-you-can-t-countersignal -
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/W8CxEFCnYNdrHkuoB/abs-e-or-speak-only-in-the-positive: -
https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/why-did-colleen-hoover-stop-writing/
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