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10 top writing tips and the psychology behind them
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986 saves · From 2015 · There are plenty of folks happy to tell you how to write better, just as any doctor will tell you to “eat right and exercise.” But changing your writing (or eating) habits only happens when you understand why you do what you do. I can help you with that. That proposal or email you wrote must now compete for … Continue reading 10 top writing tips and the psychology behind them →
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We Analyzed 100 Million Headlines. Here’s What We Learned (New Research)
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880 saves · From 2017 · Write better headlines with tactics from our analysis of 100 million headlines. Discover the best headline trigrams for Facebook and Twitter and much more.
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The Content Marketing Handbook
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740 saves · From 2016 · A 30,000+ word blog post about how to write about information and make it spread. And something new from us: The Priceonomics Data Studio.
UX Planet
UX Writing: How to do it like Google with this powerful checklist
UX Planet
10 min read · 505 saves · From 2017 · Notes from Google I/O 2017 on choosing the right words
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Writing is Thinking: Learning to Write with Confidence
blog.stephsmith.io
~15 min read · 445 saves · 2019-10-06 · 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…
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How To Take Smart Notes: 10 Principles to Revolutionize Your Note-Taking and Writing
Tiago Forte
20+ min read · 444 saves · 2020-02-04 · I long ago stopped reading books on note-taking. They were always too vague and boring, full of platitudes that had little to do with the world outside academia. I especially avoided “how-to” style…
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A dirty secret: you can only be a writer if you can afford it
Guardian US
4 min read · 429 saves · 2020-02-27 · There is nothing more sustaining to long-term creative work than time and space – and these things cost money
Paul Graham
How to Write Usefully
Paul Graham
10 min read · 404 saves · 2020-02-21 · 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…
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3 min read · 102 saves · Jan 14th · Substack has become synonymous with writers looking to go independent. But for many years prior, there was a different go-to place for self-publishing: Medium.
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A Few Thoughts On Writing
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1 min read · 87 saves · Jan 14th · You have five seconds to get people’s attention. Books, blogs, emails, reports, it doesn’t matter – if you don’t sell them in five seconds you’ve exhausted most of their patience. Good ideas are easy…
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Exclusive: Forbes launches massive expansion of paid newsletters
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2 min read · 76 saves · Jan 19th · Forbes will hire 20-30 writers with big followings to help get the platform up and running.
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Want to Write a Book This Year? These Tools Can Help
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2 min read · 67 saves · Jan 17th · Harry Guinness · We spoke to two award-winning authors for their tips on how to make it from start to finish. Here's how they take notes, organize chapters, and—yes—get comfy.
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Telling it like it is: When writing news requires a distance from neutrality
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~11 min read · 65 saves · Jan 11th · Examining an astonishing four paragraphs published in The Washington Post about the Capitol attack that push the boundaries of traditional neutrality.
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Here’s a list of everything Haruki Murakami has ever compared to writing.
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7 min read · 52 saves · Jan 12th · Today, Haruki Murakami celebrates his 72nd birthday—and we’re celebrating by diving into his recorded interviews. Murakami rarely gives interviews, but the ones he does are packed with insight into…
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How to write digital products with personality
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8 min read · 39 saves · Jan 5th · The right words will shape the entire experience.
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Top 10 unconventional essays
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5 min read · 33 saves · Jan 13th · Eula Biss · Taking in everything from town planning to cruising for sex, this mongrel genre claims an eccentric free range not available to other kinds of writing
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'Atomic Habits' Author James Clear: 'I'm Never Far From a Good Idea'
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7 min read · 29 saves · Jan 12th · James Clear explains his writing and idea-generating process.
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Audio Copywriting Techniques for Engaging Podcasts
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5 min read · 23 saves · Jan 19th · 4 audio copywriting techniques that attract listeners and keep them engaged in a fraction of the time that polished writing would.
