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10 top writing tips and the psychology behind them
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1006 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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887 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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750 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 · 511 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
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~15 min read · 461 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…
Tiago Forte
How To Take Smart Notes: 10 Principles to Revolutionize Your Note-Taking and Writing
Tiago Forte
20+ min read · 448 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 · 431 saves · 2020-02-27 · There is nothing more sustaining to long-term creative work than time and space – and these things cost money
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How to Write Usefully
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10 min read · 418 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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1 min read · 187 saves · Mar 20th · More than ten, actually. Millions of books will be published this year and for good reason. People rarely regret the effort. Everyone has their own, but here are some of the reasons to get you star…
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3 min read · 133 saves · Mar 22nd · Note in which Hitchhiker’s writer reminds himself he will finally get pleasure from process to be part of book based on his archive
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100m Posts Analyzed: What You Need To Write The Best Headlines
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1 min read · 102 saves · Mar 29th · What constitutes a “good” headline? We've analyzed 100m posts and spoken to six marketing experts to answer just that.
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How to Create Your Writing Routine to Boost Your Productivity
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5 min read · 95 saves · Mar 31st · Anyone can be a writer! Often, the hardest thing about writing your own content is just getting started. It’s easy to procrastinate by making another cup of coffee, running to the grocery store, or…
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How to write inclusive, accessible digital products
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8 min read · 94 saves · Mar 24th · Good UX writing invites everyone to use the interface.
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Writers who crave independence should skip Substack—and do this instead
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4 min read · 63 saves · Mar 19th · Instead of hopping on Substack’s bandwagon, I’ve rolled my own newsletter platform that’s under my control. And I love it.
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2 min read · 46 saves · Apr 5th · Perfectionism is killing me...
