> I think a lot of Writers come to writing with this 0:51 idea that it's more like transcription like I have an idea and I will record it 0:57 on a piece of paper or through the Digital internet or whatever 1:02 and it will be received right like a radio signal like Morse code but writing 1:08 is always really much more about translation and I think we'll talk about this when we talk about the academic writing in a little bit writing is a 1:15 figuring out how to translate first of all it's this process of understanding and then it's figuring out how can I 1:21 translate these thoughts and experiences this entry internal reality to other 1:27 people who are specific and real right so in many ways I think I think 1:34 personally the best writing out there is about moving toward something right so 1:40 we don't just say I have something I know it to be true and I'm going to record it and share it we need to be 1:47 having that desire to move toward a real reader to meet them where they are to 1:52 understand their needs and their context so that we can do that translation in a 1:58 way that makes sense to them so there's like you've already like picked up on a lot of the things that I 2:04 came across as well which is that like so much of writing so much of what people think is writing I feel like is 2:10 about uh like looking at yourself like what do I want to say and just writing 2:16 that and then trying to basically broadcast that right um whereas like everything that you've said is that like 2:21 good writing is all about considering the reader and how that I 2:27 the ideas are being communicated to the reader um 2:33 one thing that came up that was really interesting um was how little of that you do at 2:40 school I don't know if you have any thoughts about that many great so we do 2:45 not learn to write that way in school we learn and as a recent graduate you're going to be very much viscerally 2:51 remembering this feeling but I think globally this is true and adults of all, > - [a conversation about writing with rachel jepsen! - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyph66mQlfg&t=0s)