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
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
You can give anyone a camera but doesn’t make them a professional photographer. That takes skill, passion, artistry, style, and countless hours of study and training.
Why do people hate Canva Designers??
Same goes for any kind of artform - but also applies to existence of specific tools for specific jobs (to an extent)
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Austin Kleon • 100 quotes that helped me write
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
I think the best writers actually just write about what they want to write, what they know, what they experience, and generally their story...
Writers who do that and let the readers connect the dots without explicitly holding their hand through an article are better writers imo.
When we emphasize the target audience we give away our creative power.... See more
Writers who do that and let the readers connect the dots without explicitly holding their hand through an article are better writers imo.
When we emphasize the target audience we give away our creative power.... See more
Mal on Substack
Some things take time. Some things take years before you see how it comes together. But the more you can remember the wholeness of it all, the more you will find that despite your unknowing, the grass, the trees, and the creatures throughout this vast landscape are still growing, and somehow, through it all, it all works together, and you too, are ... See more
TextRanch: Human-Powered Proofreading & Editing Services
textranch.com
Helpful if I’ll ever need someone to properly look over my words
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.
I... See more
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
OneLook Dictionary Search and Thesaurus
onelook.com
thesaurus with more jazz (although it looks like craigslist)