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: https://twitter.com/noampomsky

WRITE OF PASSAGE:
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PODCAST LINKS:
Website: https://writeofpassage.school/how-i-write/
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv

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.