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Hi.

Today I'm going to teach you how to write.

Write like a human being.

In today's day and age, people are getting dumber and dumber, and I think it's really important that we all know how to write, how to put our thoughts on paper, how to think clearly, and if you're someone who goes to write

and then can't produce anything or you feel like your ideas are bad, this video is for you.

I, myself, am a writer.

I am the author of the self -published Dopamine Hole and the soon -to -be -released How to Run Away from Home.

Today is really just about the basic writing process.

I write everything by hand.

I do this every single day, and everything that I create is downstream of a basic writing practice.

So that's what we're going to teach today through three basic drills.

I don't care if you're just getting started.

If you've been writing for years and just feel a little bit stuck, I'm going to help you out here.

So I think a lot of people have the experience of going to journal

or going to write and then immediately having no ideas, or they think their ideas are bad, or they just start something and it just isn't coming out the way they want it to, so they stop.

How many people say, I'm going to start journaling, and they make it a day or a week, and then they just kind of stop.

It's very common.

And so I think people need a process.

When you go to start working out in the gym, you don't do so with zero plan.

You learn some very basic drills, some exercises, a simple workout program you can follow without thinking too much.

And that's what allows you to stay consistent because you go in and you don't have to think about what to do.

So let's just jump right in.

I want you to get for yourself a journal and a pen, something you can write with and on.

Highly recommend that you do this by hand.

You can do it on your computer.

You can even voice note it if you can't write, but I highly recommend you do this by hand.

This is part of the human skill that we're cultivating.

Handwriting is like what makes you a human being, and that's what's going to help us stand out amongst the robots which are coming.

So get yourself a journal and a pen.

The first drill that we're going to talk about here is called observation, and observation is the basic skill involved in writing.

Here's a situation for you.

Let's say you're on your way to work.

Maybe you're late.

Maybe you're on the train, and you have a moment to write.

You're going to use this moment for a little creative practice.

I think that's great.

This observation drill involves taking out your journal, getting your pen, and then making a very simple list of things that you observe in the physical world.

The reason I love this drill is because it doesn't require you to think.

It doesn't require you to interpret too much.

All you do is you use your eyes and your ears

and your nose and all of your other senses to just write down what is going on in the physical world.

And you prove to yourself that you can observe things.

You can write them down.

There is a man seated next to me.

He smells like he's wearing too much cologne.

The train has stopped for five minutes now.

What I'll encourage you to do with this drill is not include any emotions.

Don't write about how you're feeling.

Don't try to impose feelings on the experience.

Just map the experience.

Just write out a list of things that are occurring and that have happened.

Requires no thought or interpretation.

But what's interesting about this is that it is a creative exercise in that you don't include everything in that list.

Notice what your attention immediately gravitates towards.

You might not write down every single thing that's happening.

That would be impossible.

But you will include the things that stand out to you.

And that tells you a little something.

So that's the observation drill.

You can just start with that.

You can do that anytime.

Highly recommend for when you're feeling overwhelmed and you can't sort through your thoughts.

It can be a really daunting task to try to figure out, oh, what am I feeling right now, especially when things are going on in your personal life, when there's just all kinds of stuff going on, don't worry about it.

Ground yourself.

And you can do that with pen and paper by just writing down things.

The wall is white.

The sky outside is gray.

Simple stuff, not complex prose.

Now you'll notice some very famous writers like Chekhov, like Hemingway, like many others, write very simple sentences that are just these basic observations about the world.

But readers love that because that paints a picture that we can access.

Okay, it's not about writing the most complicated, ornate, beautiful prose.

It's about making accurate observations and painting a little impressionistic portrait of your experience in that moment.

If you do this once a day, you're going to improve as a writer.

You're going to improve your own observation muscle within you, and you will build your confidence

because you will have filled at least one page with a list of observations that occurred in the physical world.

Great.

That's drill number one.

Drill number two is reaction or continuation.

I like reaction.

We'll call it that.

This is just taking it a step further.

So you're going to start again.

Let's say you're still on the train.

You're still late for work.

You're going to write down one sentence.

Okay.

I am late to work.

And then what you're going to do is just react to it.

Okay.

You're going to try to continue that stream of thought for the entire page or two pages, whatever comes out of you.

And the trick is to just not stop writing.

This is really good for when you're feeling overwhelmed, but you can tell there's a lot of energy in you

that needs to come out okay you want to be very

kind of aggressive with the page in this drill you're just

going to keep writing things down keep writing things down connect

one thought to the next the train is moving faster

and i'm worried about what's going to happen when i get into work

and what my boss is going to say to me

and you don't have to sort through it doesn't have to

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be clean in a perfect world it's just one long run -on sentence again nothing you're going to publish

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This is for you.

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This is a private writing practice that's going to build your muscle, your creative muscle.

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And then over time, that turns into something.

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That's what turns into potentially writing a short story or multiple collections of short stories.

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Holy glaze.

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So just react to it.

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Okay.

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This is a lesson that comes from one of my favorite writers, George Saunders, who in a recent podcast with Rick Rubin referred to writing

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and creativity as just one long process of reaction you put something down

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and then you react to it and you do

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that a bunch of times and the more times

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that you do it the more complex

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or the more vivid a piece becomes right the more intentionality

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that goes into it but that's a little bit in the weeds we're not worried about

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that yet all you're worried about is you're not worried

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but all you're thinking about is one observation

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and then a reaction to it reaction reaction reaction you see

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how this is different from the first drill the first drill

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is more like a list okay just a bunch like 20

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individual uh things you notice reaction is taking it a step

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further where then you can you link them together i am

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i am you can use emotions at this part i am

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nervous i am afraid of what's going to happen blah blah blah blah blah

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and you just get the thoughts out okay notice with both

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of these drills you are not thinking you are not trying

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to make something beautiful you are not thinking about how you're going to post this

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or what people are going to think about it

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because it is purely for you okay the same way that

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if you start going to the gym you're not going to post every single workout.

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You're going to build your foundation.

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You're going to do it for you.

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And over time, you might build a movement practice or a physique that you feel inclined to share with the world, but that's not at all required.

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And that's not the kind of benefit we're talking about.

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This is writing for mental health, not writing for becoming famous on the internet.

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But they go hand in hand.

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Okay.

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And then the last drill that we'll cover for right now is narrative.

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So after you built an observation practice and then a reaction practice, now you can start playing around with narratives.

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So this is really good when you're trying to sort through a recent experience that you don't quite understand.

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It can be really helpful to create distance from an emotional experience.

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And so what you might do is write in the third person.

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John was late to work today.

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He got to the train five minutes later than he normally did because he failed to get up with his first alarm.

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He still went through his 20 push -ups that he did first thing in the morning,

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but then his water kettle was broken and his tea was not made on time.

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And you just kind of write this out and you just do it really sloppy, right?

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And you're just making these little observations with a little distance.

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Now, what separates narrative from other forms of writing like poetry, in my view, is that narrative constitutes a fundamental change.

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There's some kind of change that has to happen.

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And that can be really helpful when you're trying to write through your own experiences, because it allows you to, you automatically start noticing the change that you went through.

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Maybe by being late to work, you reached a point of serenity or a point of inner peace where you were like, yeah, I'm not really, I'm not going to worry too much about it.

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Or maybe you didn't get to a point of inner peace and the whole story is just a constant escalation towards turmoil.

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All of these are really sometimes fun practices to relate to your own experience.

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But they build on each other.

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So you start with observation.

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Can you just observe the physical things in the world around you without any interpretation or imposing feelings on it?

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Can you then continue that?

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Can you react to each observation, right?

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And create this kind of linear stream of thoughts.

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And then lastly, narrative.

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Can you synthesize a fundamental change?

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Can you notice that fundamental change within yourself?

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Okay.

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What I would do if I were you

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and I wanted to start writing is I would just start with the observation and just start doing that.

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The beautiful thing about journaling and writing is

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that you get better over time if you just do it if you do this practice 20 times,

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your body, your brain, your spirit will learn to crave the practice because it will associate it with a feeling of release,

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which is ultimately what you need when you're feeling overwhelmed or stressed or anxious or directionless.

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You need release.

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You need somewhere to pour the energy.

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Otherwise, it just accumulates within you and makes you feel really anxious.

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That's what writing can offer you.

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And that's what I'm going to recommend you start with.

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Building this skill is how you fortify your mind in the age of brain rod, in the age of addictive entertainment and algorithms that want to exploit you and sell you for advertising dollars.

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This is part of the resistance.

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It's an act of creative resistance, and this is maybe the war of our time.

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I talk about this stuff all the time, but understand how these small little practices can very, very meaningfully contribute to the development of yourself and then potentially the species.

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This is what we need to be doing right now.

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Observe the physical world around you.

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Then react to each of your thoughts, creating a stream of thought.

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And then lastly, create some narrative.

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And often you don't have to invent this.

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It presents itself.

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That was the other point on observation.

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If you just observe accurately, you notice that there is narrative all around you.

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There are interesting things all around you.

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You just have to observe it.

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Train your human skill of observation and you'll realize you're a much better writer than you initially thought.

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Train it.

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Practice it.

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You have the skill.

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Or you will have the skill.

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You have the ability to do this.

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I promise you.

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If you have any questions, let me know.

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But I think that's all for today.

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I hope this is helpful.

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Boom.

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Peace.

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Этот урок разговорной практики построен на видео «How to write every single day». Чаще всего повторяются слова: write, writing, observation, drill, practice. В этом видео 200 предложений и 2254 слов для шедоуинга. Речь длится 10:04. Говорящий говорит быстро, около 224 слов в минуту, поэтому звуки часто сливаются и сокращаются. 88% слов входят в 3000 самых частых слов английского языка, поэтому лексика простая.

Ключевая лексика этого видео

15 слов из видео, которые стоит выучить, с произношением и значением:

Слово	Произношение	Значение
observation существительное	/ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/	наблюде́ние
drill существительное	/dɹɪl/	дрель, бура́в
narrative существительное	/ˈnæɹ.ə.tɪv/	повествова́ние, расска́з
skill существительное	/skɪl/	уме́ние, на́вык
observe глагол	/əbˈzɜːv/	соблюда́ть, блюсти́
react глагол	/ɹiːˈækt/	реаги́ровать, отреаги́ровать
muscle существительное	/ˈmʌs.əl/	мы́шца, му́скул
helpful прилагательное	/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/	поле́зный, любе́зный
fundamental прилагательное	/ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/	основно́й, основополага́ющий
occur глагол	/əˈkɜː/	происходи́ть, произойти́
interpretation существительное	/ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈteɪʃən/	перево́д, интерпрета́ция
emotion существительное	/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/	эмо́ция, чу́вство
anxious прилагательное	/ˈæŋkʃəs/	озабо́ченный, беспоко́ящийся
workout существительное	/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/	трениро́вка, ворка́ут
prose существительное	/ˈpɹoʊz/	про́за

Фразовые глаголы, которые вы услышите

Слово	Произношение	Значение
write down глагол		запи́сывать, записа́ть
come out глагол	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	выходи́ть, вы́йти
figure out глагол		разбира́ться, разобра́ться
take out глагол		вынима́ть, вы́нуть
write out глагол		писа́ть по́лностью

Фразы, которые стоит повторять

Короткие законченные фразы из видео, которые пригодятся в повседневном разговоре:

Today I'm going to teach you how to write.
I don't care if you're just getting started.
Can you then continue that?
Can you synthesize a fundamental change?
Can you notice that fundamental change within yourself?

Грамматика в этом видео

Конструкции, которые говорящий использует чаще всего, с точными словами из видео:

Конструкция	В видео
Present Perfect have/has + причастие прошедшего времени — прошлое действие, важное сейчас	has stopped · have happened
Пассивный залог be + причастие прошедшего времени — важно, что происходит, а не кто это делает	is called · was broken
Придаточные определительные who / which + предложение — уточнение о человеке или предмете	someone who goes · robots which are

Произношение, на которое стоит обратить внимание

Говорящий использует 67 сокращённых и редуцированных форм, например you're, don't, I'm. Произносите их коротко, так, как слышите.

Звуки «th»: algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/, synthesize /ˈsɪnθəsaɪz/
Звуки «sh» и «zh»: observation /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, interpretation /ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈteɪʃən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/
Длинные слова — следите за ударением: fundamental /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, interpretation /ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈteɪʃən/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/

Звуки, трудные для русскоязычных:

/w/ — губы округлены, это не /v/: workout /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/, weed /wiːd/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/
/h/ — лёгкий выдох, а не русское «х»: helpful /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/, handwriting /ˈhændɹaɪtɪŋ/
Звонкие согласные в конце слова — не оглушайте их: narrative /ˈnæɹ.ə.tɪv/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/, prose /ˈpɹoʊz/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, encourage /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/

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Прослушайте всё видео один раз молча и выпишите незнакомые слова.
Начните со скорости 0,75×, повторяйте предложение за предложением и вернитесь к обычной скорости, когда станет легко.
Запишите себя и сравните с оригиналом, обращая внимание на такие слова, как observation, drill, narrative.

Что такое техника Shadowing?

Shadowing — это научно обоснованная техника изучения языка, изначально разработанная для подготовки профессиональных переводчиков и популяризированная полиглотом доктором Александром Аргуэльесом. Метод прост, но эффективен: вы слушаете аудио на английском от носителей языка и немедленно повторяете вслух — как тень, следующая за говорящим с задержкой в 1–2 секунды. В отличие от пассивного прослушивания или грамматических упражнений, Shadowing заставляет мозг и мышцы рта одновременно обрабатывать и воспроизводить реальные речевые паттерны. Исследования показывают, что это значительно улучшает точность произношения, интонацию, ритм, связную речь, понимание на слух и беглость речи — что делает его одним из самых эффективных методов для подготовки к IELTS Speaking и реального общения на английском.

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Лексика и советы по произношению к этому уроку

Ключевая лексика этого видео

Фразовые глаголы, которые вы услышите

Фразы, которые стоит повторять

Грамматика в этом видео

Произношение, на которое стоит обратить внимание

Как заниматься с этим видео

Что такое техника Shadowing?