How I Write Henrik Karlsson: One of the world’s most under-rated writers | How I Write
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Aug 13, 2025 Henrik Karlsson, a talented writer known for his blog Escaping Flatland, shares his innovative five-step writing method focused on authenticity and depth. He discusses why stepping away from the page can enhance creativity and how to protect fragile ideas from early criticism. Karlsson explains the power of sensory details, the joy of breaking grammar rules, and the need for writers to embrace their chaos. He also touches on the transformative potential of writing in connecting with oneself and the audience, making it a fascinating listen for aspiring writers.
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Let Ideas Ripen
- Follow your curiosity and give ideas time to live in your body before writing them down.
- Let an animating question emerge that gives the piece drive and urgency before you commit to drafting.
Drive Is The Essay's Engine
- An essay needs narrative tension or a driving question to create momentum for readers.
- Without that drive the piece becomes a list of facts with no movement.
Cluster Before You Sequence
- Collect material by clustering examples, images, and arguments around your animating question.
- Use those clusters as units and then test different orders until energy releases between them.
