Buffer
How to Write a Blog Post: A Full Breakdown of What We Do
9 min read · · 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 389, including Antonio Ramos, Mark Kaigwa, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Greg Meyer, Frank Stratmann, Jochen Burkhard, Vincent Liu, Nitin Gupta, Marc Wieland, Leonid Bugaev, Tris Hussey, Katja Evertz, Stephen C Sanders, Kevan Lee 👋, Stephanie A Kowalski, Kris Fannin, Sir Lord Travis Wright, Web3 Speaker, Ilia Markov, Klaus Eck, Michael Musgrove
Paul Graham
How to Write Usefully
10 min read · · 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 483, including Neil Hart 💙, Tauno, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Tyler Neylon, Henneke Duistermaat, Sam Spurrell, David Perell, Danielle! 🌩, Frank Hamm, Tuur Demeester, David Smooke, Rick Powell, 瑞拿頭, Mark Kaigwa, Tom Connor, Mathias Böhm, sircharlsxavier, LoriBeth, Nir Eyal
Guardian US
A dirty secret: you can only be a writer if you can afford it
4 min read · · There is nothing more sustaining to long-term creative work than time and space – and these things cost money · Shared by 442, including Mathew Ingram, 🪩🆃🆁🆄🅳🆈🪩, Connie Ragen Green, Diana Gabaldon, Ceferino Díaz, Michael Harriot, Brett King #Technosocialism #OptimalHumanity, Bethany Brookshire, Carl Robinson 🎙️, Bernadette Jiwa, LoriBeth, Neil Hart 💙, John Nosta
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🇨🇭, Chris Heilmann, Tomas Laurinavicius, Alex Tabarrok, 📈 Len Kiefer 📊, Chris Messina, Rico Wyder, Matt Navarra, Dan Shure, Casey Smith
Entrepreneur
4 Questions to Ask Yourself While Writing a Speech
3 min read · · 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 #CES2023, 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, 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 read · · 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 320, including Matthias «Delay» Göbel, redjotter, Gabriele, Jonathan Kogan, Philipp Laurim, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Stephanie A Kowalski, Chad Underwood, Arne Keuning, blinch, John Bardos, Mark Kaigwa, LoriBeth
Slate
Why You Should Stop Journaling and Start Writing
1 min read · · You can't get to the good sentences if you don't write the bad ones first. · Shared by 86, 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 read · · 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 Tiago Forte, Emily Atkin, ProfEmilyOster, Jeremy Caplan, LoriBeth, Will Critchlow
Writer's Digest
10 Walt Whitman Quotes for Writers and About Writing
4 min read · · 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 read · · 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 read · · 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 99, including Simon C, Esther Schindler, Rick Powell, LoriBeth, Katja Evertz
Fast Company
Four steps that make writing less overwhelming
3 min read · · 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
writefullapp.com
Writefull | A new way of writing with confidence
2 min read · · A new way of writing with confidence · Shared by 65, including nuuk, Philipp Laurim, Rodrigo Franco (Caffo), Marc Wieland, David Hellmann, Carlo Badini, David Garner, Christian Reiter, Jacob Jarnvall, Luca 🏖️, LoriBeth, Dayyan Smith, Ibrahim Nergiz, Arin Basu, von Moerenburgh
The Atlantic
The Enemies of Writing
10 min read · · A writer who’s afraid to tell people what they don’t want to hear has chosen the wrong trade. · Shared by 355, including Jeffrey Flier, Ceferino Díaz, Nir Eyal, Jason Stanley, Stowe Boyd, Paul Graham, Rick Powell, Mathew Ingram, Hiroko Tabuchi, Daniel Gilbert, Lelio Simi, Justin Tiehen, LoriBeth, Sam Harris
