Deep Work vs. Shallow Work

Scott Myers
Go Into The Story
Published in
6 min readMay 30, 2022

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As writers, we need to protect time for the former from the encroachment of the latter. Here are four strategies to do precisely that.

Rose Wang [New York Times]

I am writing a book. It is different experience than writing a screenplay. Different than blogging. Similar but different than writing lectures. It’s not only a challenge to hit 300 pages by the due date as specified in my contract, it is also a unique creative experience.

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