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’m not a complete person and I don’t want to write from that place. I’m still incomplete, why force myself to speak from the pedestal of someone who has all the answers and has learned to steer clear of ambiguity?
TextRanch: Human-Powered Proofreading & Editing Services
textranch.com
Helpful if I’ll ever need someone to properly look over my words
Describing Words IO
describingwords.ioFind the right adjective for any word.
OneLook Dictionary Search and Thesaurus
onelook.com
thesaurus with more jazz (although it looks like craigslist)
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
helps you find popular phrases and sayings
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
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.