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You Can’t Sharpen a Knife Against Air
Your content isn't boring because it's bad. It's boring because it's not fighting anything.
 • Nick Quick
I Stole 6 Techniques From 2 Writers (Neither One Knows)
Tim Urban and Chuck Palahniuk have nothing in common. Except this.
 • Nick Quick
I Built a Content Pipeline From My Phone Because My Laptop Is a Fossil
My laptop is dying. My writing system has never been healthier. Here's the ridiculous buildout connecting them.
 • Nick Quick
Your Inbox Already Knows What to Write Next
How to extract what your readers actually want (but won’t directly ask for)
 • Nick Quick
What If Only 200 Words Are Worth Keeping?
A 15-minute workflow to find out if your draft actually has something to say
 • Nick Quick
Stop Serving Your Robot Assistant Roofie Coladas
10 minutes to an AI collaborator that knows your newsletter better than your mom claims to.
 • Nick Quick
200 Novels in 12 Months. Not One Worth Reading.
The AI writing debate just collapsed into a false binary. Here’s the question both sides are missing.
 • Nick Quick
Adequate Is the New Enemy
Bad is easy. Adequate is what buries you.
 • Nick Quick
Something Shifted. I Don’t Have a Name for It Yet.
I killed a 3-part series this week. Here's why.
 • Nick Quick
Fill the Holes in 90 Seconds (Before Your Brain Talks You Out of It)
Voice memos, brain dumps, and the fastest way to become the newsletter your readers would actually miss.
 • Nick Quick
I Trained My AI to Say “I Don’t Know” and My Readers Started Replying Again
Your AI’s willingness to fake everything is the reason nobody remembers your last post.
 • Nick Quick
Your Post Is Competent, Forgettable, and Slowly Dying
AI didn’t make your writing worse. It made your writing invisible. There’s a name for the thing that’s killing it.
 • Nick Quick
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