Writing for reading is my reversal of reading for writing. I write first to build a toolbox of concepts, so that when I do read I'm not simply subjugated to the author's ideas.
How the word moved
In August 2025 I admitted that I often write to read. In January 2026 I gave it a name, WFR, in the Planetarity Syllabus, where essays move through four stomachs. I'm a ruminant, after all.
In my words
"I can’t read until I have written enough that I have a toolbox of concepts and ideas to which I can fit what I ..."
from A Planetarity Syllabus, 19 Jan 2026
Related
- Related Daily Planet - Writing to read Kahn is what led to the Daily Planet.
- Related synthetic philosophy - Both blend my readings into concepts.
- Related planetarity - I built the Syllabus by WFR.