Listen "How Should Founders Write Well? w/ Nat Eliason"
Episode Synopsis
Follow Nat: https://x.com/nateliason
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About Nat:
Nat Eliason was born in Washington D.C. and studied philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. Since he started publishing his writing in 2013, his work has been read by millions of people and spun out multiple businesses ranging from a marketing agency to a tea cafe. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and two daughters.
00:00) Intro + doola.com/exerton (👀)
(01:52) Who is @nateliason?!
(03:46) What was the first book which made Nat fall in love with books? (why?!)
(06:46) Writings which change people's worldview vs the ones that don't! (eg. writings by @paulg)
(08:42) How was 1984 able to change people's worldview?
(12:01) How to write well while writing something short?
(14:52) The best way to share/build context while writing!
(17:20) How to boil down all your context and share it with the other person?
(21:46) If all ideas boil down to the same ideas, why do some people have more advocacy over it?
(23:37) The importance of structure!
(28:57) When is a writing project done?
(31:15) How to be obsessive about something while being okay with it being good enough?
(33:27) How do you know you've gotten better?
(35:19) What does taste really mean?
(38:12) How can someone develop great taste?
(39:42) Is taste a relative term?
Enjoy!
Get Your LLC! doola.com/exerton
About Nat:
Nat Eliason was born in Washington D.C. and studied philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. Since he started publishing his writing in 2013, his work has been read by millions of people and spun out multiple businesses ranging from a marketing agency to a tea cafe. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and two daughters.
00:00) Intro + doola.com/exerton (👀)
(01:52) Who is @nateliason?!
(03:46) What was the first book which made Nat fall in love with books? (why?!)
(06:46) Writings which change people's worldview vs the ones that don't! (eg. writings by @paulg)
(08:42) How was 1984 able to change people's worldview?
(12:01) How to write well while writing something short?
(14:52) The best way to share/build context while writing!
(17:20) How to boil down all your context and share it with the other person?
(21:46) If all ideas boil down to the same ideas, why do some people have more advocacy over it?
(23:37) The importance of structure!
(28:57) When is a writing project done?
(31:15) How to be obsessive about something while being okay with it being good enough?
(33:27) How do you know you've gotten better?
(35:19) What does taste really mean?
(38:12) How can someone develop great taste?
(39:42) Is taste a relative term?
Enjoy!
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