Writing
Writing tips, tools, trends, artistry, philosophy, rhetoric, style and more.
Collection by Michael Musgrove
Aeon+Psyche
How to create compelling characters
~15 min read · Feb 10th · It’s not only writer’s intuition. Use personality psychology to create just the right blend of surprise and believability
medium.com
The Simplest Way to Improve as a Writer
2 min read · Feb 2nd · Reading your own work might be cringey, but it works
samantharosehill.substack.com
Writing routines
4 min read · 2020-12-15 · A look at Hannah Arendt's writing routine
The Write Life
5 Commonly Used Phrases That Weaken Your Writing
2020-12-23 · Wordiness clutters sentences and obfuscates your message. Here are 5 commonly used phrases that weaken your writing.
Fast Company
Writing is the most important new skill for tech workers. Here’s how to build it
3 min read · 2020-12-22 · With the rise of remote work, written communication has become indispensable.
blog.stephsmith.io
Writing is Thinking: Learning to Write with Confidence
~15 min read · From 2019 · 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…
copyblogger
How to Add Color and Richness to Your Writing ... Without Making Us Want to Barf
4 min read · 2020-10-19 · Lively writing is wonderful. Paragraph after paragraph of neon-rainbow unicorn vomit (with glitter) is less wonderful. Discover the right balance.
BBC Future
The cheap pen that changed writing forever
9 min read · 2020-10-29 · 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.
Literary Hub
Kurt Vonnegut’s Greatest Writing Advice
9 min read · 2020-11-15 · 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…
The Wall Street Journal
18 Résumé Writing Tips to Get You Noticed
7 min read · 2020-11-11 · Make sure your résumé gets past the robots and in front of hiring managers with these pointers.
viableblog.com
Incredibly Useful Writing Tools For Bloggers
6 min read · 2020-10-27 · Do you want to become a better writer? These Incredibly Useful Writing Tools For Bloggers will make your life much easier.
Fast Company
The psychological benefits of writing by hand
4 min read · 2020-11-23 · For those of us who spend most days in front of a computer, writing by hand can have refreshing benefits.
copyblogger
How to Win New Readers with a Single Blog Post
5 min read · 2020-12-07 · 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.
medium.com
23 Examples of Effective Headlines
10 min read · 2020-12-10 · Plus some quick tips and a note on coining terms
