How John McPhee's Slow Writing Process Produced Deep Articles | Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport does a #DeepDive on John McPhee's slow writing process. Cal explains how McPhee would type out all his notes and transcribe all his interviews. Everything would be sorted. The entire process was slow. There was friction. Cal argues that this process helps the creative mind work. Listen to Episode Here (Scroll down to #185DeepQuestionsPodcast) : https://bit.ly/3eEefHK 0:00 Cal's intro 1:00 Cal explains McPhee's research process 4:20 How McPhee would write sections of articles 8:00 Cal explains the benefits of slowness 10:00 Cal talks to Jesse about McPhee's computers Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal's BLOG and website: https://bit.ly/3luGhca 🔴Check out Cal's books: https://bit.ly/3ppaafc About Cal Newport: Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives. Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner. The videos are considered to be used under the "Fair Use Doctrine" of United States Copyright Law, Title 17 U.S. Code Sections 107-118. Videos are used for editorial and educational purposes only and I do not claim ownership of any original video content. I don't use said video clips in advertisements, marketing or for direct financial gain. All video content in each clip is considered owned by the individual broadcast companies. #CalNewport #DeepWork #DeepLife #DeepQuestions #TimeblockPlanner #WorldWithoutEmail #DeepQuestionsPodcast