Writing
Writing tips, tools, trends, artistry, philosophy, rhetoric, style and more.
Collection by Michael Musgrove
Aeon+Psyche
How to create compelling characters
15+ min · · It’s not only writer’s intuition. Use personality psychology to create just the right blend of surprise and believability · Shared by 157, including Damian Madray, Stephanie A Kowalski, Michael Musgrove, Amicitia
medium.com
The Simplest Way to Improve as a Writer
2 min · · Reading your own work might be cringey, but it works · Shared by 147, including Michael Musgrove, M.G. Siegler, Stephanie A Kowalski, Evan (he/him)
samantharosehill.substack.com
Writing routines
4 min · · A look at Hannah Arendt's writing routine · Shared by 111, including niazakhan, Dr Skye Cleary, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Dov, Michael Musgrove, Anita Leirfall
The Write Life ✍🏻
5 Commonly Used Phrases That Weaken Your Writing
· Wordiness clutters sentences and obfuscates your message. Here are 5 commonly used phrases that weaken your writing. · Shared by 108, including Michael Musgrove, Neil Hart 💙, niazakhan
Fast Company
Writing is the most important new skill for tech workers. Here’s how to build it
3 min · · With the rise of remote work, written communication has become indispensable. · Shared by 105, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Christian Surchi, Michael Musgrove, niazakhan, Marsha Collier, Ines Bieler, Stefan Diepolder, Katja Evertz
Harvard Business Review
3 Ways to Make Your Writing Clearer
4 min · · Shared by 436, including Ceferino Díaz, Andrew Ermogenous, Carla Johnson - Keynote Speaker, Henneke Duistermaat, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, LoriBeth, Josh Blaha, Stephanie A Kowalski, purecoach, Harsha Mv, Michael Musgrove, برج القوس, Neil Hart 💙, Katja Evertz, Charles Duhigg
blog.stephsmith.io
Writing is Thinking: Learning to Write with Confidence
15+ min · · Learning to write is learning to think, because writing is thinking. They are two peas in a powerful pod. This article goes over my writing process, focused on minimizing the activation energy to get… · Shared by 887, including Lynda, LoriBeth, Hampus Jakobsson, Thomas Power, Matthew Turland, Marty Cagan, Ilia Markov, pizza.lottie 🍕, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Ines Bieler, Rick Powell, Michael Musgrove, Igor Varyvoda, Jochen Burkhard, Ceferino Díaz, Neil Hart 💙, Tauno
copyblogger
How to Add Color and Richness to Your Writing ... Without Making Us Want to Barf
4 min · · Lively writing is wonderful. Paragraph after paragraph of neon-rainbow unicorn vomit (with glitter) is less wonderful. Discover the right balance. · Shared by 50, including Gini Dietrich, Michael Musgrove, Katja Evertz
BBC News (World)
The cheap pen that changed writing forever
9 min · · Fountain pens were a stylish statement but messy and impractical. Their replacement was a stroke of design genus perfectly in time for the era of mass production. · Shared by 1021, including Jane, Matteo Furia, Bryan William Jones, Gretchen Rubin, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Stephanie A Kowalski, Michael Musgrove, Timothy Taylor
Literary Hub
Kurt Vonnegut’s Greatest Writing Advice
9 min · · Today, if you can believe it, makes it ten years since we lost one of the greatest American writers—and, no matter how he tried to deny it, one of the greatest writing teachers. Certainly one of th… · Shared by 131, including Michael Musgrove, dewang mishra, Stephanie A Kowalski, Christian Surchi
The Wall Street Journal
18 Résumé Writing Tips to Get You Noticed
7 min · · Make sure your résumé gets past the robots and in front of hiring managers with these pointers. · Shared by 11, including Michael Musgrove, Ramon Ray
viableblog.com
Incredibly Useful Writing Tools For Bloggers
6 min · · Do you want to become a better writer? These Incredibly Useful Writing Tools For Bloggers will make your life much easier. · Shared by 11, including Gail Gardner, Michael Musgrove, LARRY ELKAN
Fast Company
The psychological benefits of writing by hand
4 min · · For those of us who spend most days in front of a computer, writing by hand can have refreshing benefits. · Shared by 241, including Sprout Social, Stephanie A Kowalski, Christian Surchi, Rick Powell, Matthias Lampe, Michael Musgrove, John Hall, Katja Evertz, Jonathan Kogan, HeidiCohen - Top Global Marketer
copyblogger
How to Win New Readers with a Single Blog Post
5 min · · Three ways to swiftly win over new readers using tried-and-true writing methods, as well as how to apply these techniques to content marketing. · Shared by 136, including Shawn Venasse, Stephanie A Kowalski, Ceferino Díaz, Neal Schaffer | ニール・シェーファー, 👨✈️ AA-Admiral ⚓🚀🌌, Tom Pick | #B2Bmarketing guy, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Michael Musgrove
medium.com
23 Examples of Effective Headlines
10 min · · Plus some quick tips and a note on coining terms · Shared by 145, including Harsha Mv, Stephanie A Kowalski, Ceferino Díaz, Michael Musgrove
lg.substack.com
The Words Count
3 min · · On the abundant bounty of writing · Shared by 76, including Julie Zhuo, Jake Knapp, Michael Musgrove