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What does it mean?
Borges compares writing to dreaming, suggesting it is a structured yet subconscious process.
In plain terms
Writing is like dreaming with direction.
What can you take from it?
Approach writing as a guided imagination.

Where it applies

  • writing projects
  • creative blocks
  • storytelling

Putting it to work

  • free writing
  • journaling
  • brainstorming

Questions to consider

  • Do you write like you dream?
  • Is creativity conscious?

Another view

Writing also requires discipline and craft.

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