Writing
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Writing
Run an article through the four-part musicality test. It’s no guarantee of clarity, but clear and intriguing writing tends to do well on all measures.
- Writing rhythm —do the sentences vary? Color code them: 1-3 words yellow, 4-8 red, 9-13 green, 13+ blue.
- Article form —does the structure vary in a subtle, pleasant way?
- Argument harmony —is it
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change is at the root of all drama,
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
A lexigraph of “uproar” (46 entries):
uproar (n.) : an event that disturbs a pre-existing order; ranging from trivial misunderstandings to devastating violence; accompanied by sound. 1520s, German/Dutch: “to stir up.” Middle English, roar: “…a loud, continued sound.” Typically negative, but sometimes turns to humor from de-escalations and
... See moreThoreau was a writer, and a re-writer. Walden went through seven drafts longhand.
Henry David Thoreau, Damion Searls, • The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861
Storytelling, then, is born from our need to order everything outside ourselves.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
“The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.”
— Steve Jobs
— Steve Jobs
The Cult of Done Manifesto
- There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.
- Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.
- There is no editing stage.
- Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you’re doing even if you don’t and do it.
- Banish
Thomas Deneuville • The Cult of Done Manifesto
