Pen & paper
Ideas on how to write better. The focus is on self-expression and person-to-person communication, rather than on craft.
Pen & paper
OneLook Dictionary Search and Thesaurus
onelook.com
thesaurus with more jazz (although it looks like craigslist)
TextRanch: Human-Powered Proofreading & Editing Services
textranch.com
Helpful if I’ll ever need someone to properly look over my words
Shlomo Genchin on LinkedIn: A free mini-course in LinkedIn ad creation | 282 comments
Shlomo Genchinlinkedin.com
One copywriter’s process for creating B2B ads that get noticed
helps you find popular phrases and sayings
I think most leave without answers. For me, that’s okay. Not all who wander are lost. Sometimes, all you need is to know that you are not the only one searching for a different way of being.
This made me rethink how not having an answer or, rather, attending an event and going home with more questions than answers isn’t necessarily as bad as I thought
Practical things you can do to make your text clearer.
Open two copies of the same document and put them side-by-side. Edit in one, while referring to the other.
Rewrite your first draft using this rule: no significant words from the first draft are allowed in the second draft.
If your sentence has more than two commas in it, it’s probably too long.
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Open two copies of the same document and put them side-by-side. Edit in one, while referring to the other.
Rewrite your first draft using this rule: no significant words from the first draft are allowed in the second draft.
If your sentence has more than two commas in it, it’s probably too long.
I... See more
gilest.org: Clarity hacks
Great technique which I’ve heard helps you nail down copywriting keystones, like a headline. I’m pretty sure I’ve used similar approached to this without knowing it was a known “rule”. Still, it’s always handy to have it saved for future reference.
Describing Words IO
describingwords.ioFind the right adjective for any word.