Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
They play with language through slang, sarcasm, exaggeration, manipulation, and evasiveness.
Carson Reeves • Scriptshadow Secrets (500 Screenwriting Secrets Hidden Inside 50 Great Movies)
As a side benefit, from this book you'll learn how to write like @mattmochary: clear, concise, logical flows from one idea to the next. Each point is as long as it needs to be and no longer.
Can see his clarity of writing (and thinking) in his other docs: https://t.co/iskWQ6akBt
Andrew Lynchx.comThe Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
Steven Pinker • 1 highlight
amazon.com
Dwight Garner Shares From His Stash of Other Writers’ Words (Published 2020)
Dwight Garnernytimes.com
“the Bezos Theory of Communicating.” He says Bezos takes a red pen to press releases, product descriptions, speeches, and shareholder letters, crossing out anything that does not speak simply and positively to customers.
Brad Stone • The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
A 10-bullet writing masterclass from David Ogilvy:
"The better you write, the higher you will go in Ogilvy & Mather. People who think well, write well. Good writing is not a natural gift. You have to learn to write well."
Replace "Ogilvy & Mather" with your company name. https://t.co/x6S57xUej6
Scott Belsky
Abie Cohen • 10 cards
paragon : the perfect example of something.
slipshod (adj) : a sloppy lack of precision.
concordance : an alphabetical list of all usages of a word in a corpus.
presumptuous : taking liberties and overstepping boundaries with assumpitons.