Mastering your writing genre with a counterintuitive approach

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Most writers think the way to master a genre is to stay inside it, but that might actually be holding you back.

If you want to become a stronger writer, the key isn’t just more writing. It’s smarter exploration. Let's talk about how reading widely and, importantly, writing across genres can dramatically improve your storytelling, originality, and creative skill.

Takeaways for your writing:

• Why specialization can limit creative growth
• The difference between reading widely and writing widely
• The one rule to get the most out of your writing exploration

⏱️ CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS

00:00 - Counterintuitive writing advice

00:24 - Welcome to the Writing Woods

00:54 - Myth of specialization in storytelling

02:09 - Exploration vs exploitation

02:33 - Balancing creativity and refinement

03:29 - Innovation and creative breakthroughs

04:52 - Reading widely vs writing widely

07:28 - Overcoming resistance

08:50 - Borrowing the engine

📖 RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Comic Book Authors Study - https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amj.2006.22083029
• Innocentive - https://www.innocentive.com/
• Exploration and Exploitation, James G. March - https://www.jstor.org/stable/2634940

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