Fast Company
How journaling reduces stress and increases productivity
2 min · · If you’re caught in a cycle of overthinking and stress, the simple act of writing can be a powerful tool. · Shared by 921, including Carly, LoriBeth, Art Markman, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz
refind.com
Button – Refind
1 min · · Save links from around the web. · Shared by 1048, including Stefano Proietti, Thomas Euler, Patric Fornasier, Lukas Stickelberger, yawniek 📯, Neil Lee, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, LoriBeth, 6clicks | John Robert-Nicoud, Rodrigo Franco (Caffo), Mo Schuster, Ziad Shihab, rogerverhoeven, StanChan, Arne Keuning, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Vincenzo Tremonte, Brad Brooks, Waqas Ahmed, Nicolas Berg
Buffer
How to Write a Blog Post: A Full Breakdown of What We Do
9 min · · See the time it takes to write a 2,000-word article on the Buffer blog, how every minute is spent, and how we write blog posts from research to promotion. · Shared by 551, including Nitin Gupta, Mark Kaigwa, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Greg Meyer, Frank Stratmann, Antonio Ramos, Thompson Marzagão, Vincent Liu, Marc Wieland, Leonid Bugaev, Tris Hussey, Katja Evertz, Stephen C Sanders, Kevan Lee 👋, Stephanie A Kowalski, Kris Fannin, Lord Travis Wright, Ilia Markov, Klaus Eck, Michael Musgrove
Paul Graham
How to Write Usefully
10 min · · February 2020What should an essay be? Many people would say persuasive. That's what a lot of us were taught essays should be. But I think we can aim for something more ambitious: that an essay should… · Shared by 783, including David Smooke, sircharlsxavier, string 🇦🇺🍗, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Henneke Duistermaat, Rick Powell, Tyler Neylon, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Mark Kaigwa, Tuur Demeester, Matt Mullenweg, Gabriele, LoriBeth, David Perell, Neil Hart 💙, Jack Raines, Frank Hamm, Mathias Böhm, Nir Eyal
The Guardian
A dirty secret: you can only be a writer if you can afford it
4 min · · There is nothing more sustaining to long-term creative work than time and space – and these things cost money · Shared by 457, including Mathew Ingram, John Nosta, Connie Ragen Green, Diana Gabaldon, Ceferino Díaz, Michael Harriot, Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️, Bethany Brookshire, Carl Robinson 🎙️, Bernadette Jiwa, LoriBeth, Neil Hart 💙, trudy
hemingwayapp.com
Hemingway Editor
· Shared by 641, including Leo Polovets, Karen K. Ho, Kaushik Gopal, Max Stoiber, Alex 🌚, David Perell, Mark Kaigwa, Steve Faktor, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, John Cutler, Alex Osterwalder🇨🇭, Alex Tabarrok 🛡️, Tomas Laurinavicius, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, 📈 Len Kiefer 📊, Chris Messina, Rico Wyder, Matt Navarra, Dan Shure, Casey Smith
Entrepreneur
4 Questions to Ask Yourself While Writing a Speech
3 min · · If you know what the audience expects from you, the words will roll off your tongue. · Shared by 49, including Rick Powell, LoriBeth, Ron McIntyre, Real Marsha Wright®, Nicolas Babin, Katja Evertz
Seth Godin
The simple cure for writer’s block
· Write. People with writer’s block don’t have a problem typing. They have a problem living with bad writing, imperfect writing, writing that might expose something that they fear. The be… · Shared by 124, including Neil Hart 💙, Tom Connor, LoriBeth, LARRY ELKAN, Rick Powell, Katja Evertz, Jeff Echols - A/E/C Innovation, Brett Errington, Matt Heinz
XKCD Comic
Five Word Jargon
· This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). More details. · Shared by 40, including Brad Brooks, LoriBeth
Ness Labs
50 lessons learned from writing 50 newsletters
13+ min · · This week marked an important milestone: I just sent the 50th edition of Maker Mind, a newsletter about mindful productivity. Countless hours of careful writing, thoughtful conversations with readers,… · Shared by 403, including Matthias «Delay» Göbel, redjotter, Gabriele, Stephanie A Kowalski, Philipp Laurim, John Bardos, Jonathan Kogan, Chad Underwood, Arne Keuning, blinch, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Mark Kaigwa, LoriBeth
Slate
Why You Should Stop Journaling and Start Writing
1 min · · You can't get to the good sentences if you don't write the bad ones first. · Shared by 97, including Charles Duhigg, Mark Armstrong, Stephanie A Kowalski, Merlin Mann, LoriBeth, Katja Evertz
on.substack.com
Announcing the next Substack Fellowship for Independent Writers
5 min · · Today we’re announcing the next generation of the Substack Fellowship for Independent Writers, which features a $100,000 grant for the top recipient and advances of $25,000 each for four other… · Shared by 59, including Emily Oster, Emily Atkin, Tiago Forte, Jeremy Caplan, LoriBeth, Will Critchlow
Writer's Digest
10 Walt Whitman Quotes for Writers and About Writing
4 min · · Here are 10 Walt Whitman quotes for writers and about writing from the author of Leaves of Grass. In these quotes, Whitman covers life, death, contradictions, and more. · Shared by 5, including LoriBeth
Writer's Digest
Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 528
1 min · · Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write a big blank poem. · Shared by 6, including LoriBeth
Writer's Digest
10 William Faulkner Quotes for Writers and About Writing
4 min · · Here are 10 William Faulkner quotes for writers and about writing from the author of As I Lay Dying, Light in August, and The Sound and the Fury. In these quotes, Faulkner covers writing, reading,… · Shared by 100, including Simon C, Esther Schindler, Rick Powell, LoriBeth, Katja Evertz
Fast Company
Four steps that make writing less overwhelming
3 min · · If writing makes you procrastinate like no other task, you’re not alone. · Shared by 77, including LoriBeth, Katja Evertz, Rick Powell, Frank Hamm, Michael Musgrove, Art Markman