Writing
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Writing
“The trick to writing well is to...
– take long sentences and make them short
– take confusing ideas and make them clear
– take unrelated concepts and make them related
...without losing the main idea in the process.”
– take long sentences and make them short
– take confusing ideas and make them clear
– take unrelated concepts and make them related
...without losing the main idea in the process.”
3-2-1: On asking permission, the trick to writing well, and the magic of reading
Well, you need dirt to grow plants. A farmer I admire once wrote that 90% of his job was dirt management. Manage the dirt well and the plants grow themselves.
James Horton, PhD. • The Nonwriter's Guide to Writing A Lot
Storytelling is an art form that invites people along for a ride.
Kyle Harrison • Cultivating Cults
1. Write to Make Sense of Things
You don’t need to start with a point. You just need to start.
This is private writing. Messy, nonlinear, uncool. It’s the kind of writing that happens in the margins of your notebook, in half-sentences, in half-truths you’re still working through.
But this is where your best thinking gets born. This is where vague... See more
You don’t need to start with a point. You just need to start.
This is private writing. Messy, nonlinear, uncool. It’s the kind of writing that happens in the margins of your notebook, in half-sentences, in half-truths you’re still working through.
But this is where your best thinking gets born. This is where vague... See more
Silvia Oviedo L ópez • How to Start Writing
The second question— What do you believe about this topic? [which I suggest writing as a series of “I believe...” statements]—reveals all of the ideas you can write about confidently, as well as creating options for how to make those arguments. It also exposes those ideas you’re less convinced of and should therefore dig further into, treat with... See more
Harrison Moore • One lesson and one puzzle from running my first writing workshop
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
I am fascinated with how some stories feel different just cos they are set up in Moscow, or London, or Rome—you can almost feel the sun or the lack of it, the cold, the smell.
These cities act as real characters that breathe life into the pages. From Tokyo’s surreal streets to St. Petersburg’s spectral beauty, swipe to... See more
instagram.comThere are two modes of information discovery: foraging and hunting. Foraging is passive. You don’t have a clear goal; you just wander and scroll until something catches your interest. Hunting is active and purposeful. You know what you’re looking for and are consciously searching for it. A good information diet needs both: Foraging helps us decide
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