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If you're the type of person who wants to write more, having a practice of tweeting regularly can be a great way of generating essay ideas
. Tweeting spawns a mental process of the type "generate things to tweet" -- it serves as a wick for ideas -- and sometimes these ideas don't fit cleanly into Twitter or are interesting enough that you want to p... See more
. Tweeting spawns a mental process of the type "generate things to tweet" -- it serves as a wick for ideas -- and sometimes these ideas don't fit cleanly into Twitter or are interesting enough that you want to p... See more
Nabeel S. Qureshi
I like writing that is unsummarizable, a kernel that cannot be condensed, that must be uttered exactly as it is.
Sarah Manguso • 300 Arguments
This AI boom has set off an existential crisis in me.
Some background: I’ve been teaching writing for the past six years. In that time, I developed frameworks for how to write well and a reputation as a good teacher to learn from. Partially because of the AI wave, I decided to stop teaching. It has only been four months since I shut down my busine... See more
You looked at me and smiled. I pretended to understand. If I didn’t, I would’ve dropped right then and there. It was worse than making up excuses for every day that had passed without hearing back from you. At least then, I could imagine you cared.
Angles that spread usually check the following boxes:
- Surprising — presents unexpected new information or theories
- True — we actually believe it
- Important — has an impact on our behavior
- Relevant — related to domains we care about
- Cool — we think we’ll look impressive for sharing it
Every • How to Write Essays That Spread
Be as intentional about your pricing as you are with your design process, your GitHub repository, the clothes you wear to that meeting, your Photoshop layers, and every other part of your business. You’ve already proven that you’re worth every penny you believe you are. Now you know how to go out there and ask for it.
Pricing Design — A book by Dan Mall
Dan seamlessly integrates technical terms like GitHub and Photoshop layers into his prose. While technical terminology often creates distance in writing, his approach incorporates these terms as natural elements of the narrative language
