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Feb 09
Writing that Works: Longer Sentences, the Passive Voice, and Two Dangers of Mindless Writing Rules
Feb 01
Strategic Repetition: Improve the Clarity of Your Writing by Repeating Key Terms (without sounding repetitive)
Jan 29
How Modern Schools Make Terrible Writers (deliberately)
Jan 25
Autistic Writing: 3 Writing Exercises to Connect with Readers (and how 'Write the Way You Speak' misses the point)
Jan 19
How to Articulate Your Thoughts More Clearly than 99% of Writers
Jan 12
I Analysed 100 Opening Paragraphs. Here's What Makes Readers Obsessed.
Jan 05
9 Techniques for Clearer Writing (I Wish I Knew Sooner)
Nov 11
How to write so well readers stop scrolling
Oct 26
I wish I knew this before I started writing online
Oct 24
Essay Club
Oct 24
The Braindead Megaphone - GEORGE SAUNDERS
Oct 22
Getting Your Readers Involved
Oct 22
Part I: The Braindead Megaphone
Oct 19
The Single Worst Piece of Writing Advice
Oct 15
Let's Try Something New
Oct 14
Opening Thoughts on "The Braindead Megaphone"
Sep 27
I’m an Editor, these are the 7 First-Draft Mistakes I Fix All the Time
Sep 27
Expert Writing Checklist
Sep 26
Your Fear of Writing: Eight Strategies to Help You Get Unstuck
Sep 03
Essays that transform everyday experience into valuable writing
Sep 03
Why Your Best Ideas Fall Flat
Sep 02
The novelist helping nonfiction writers become thought leaders
Aug 26
How to Write Creative NonFiction
Aug 20
Your writing dies in the first two paragraphs. Here's why.
Aug 14
Writing is a two-player game (here's how to win)
Aug 13
The Action Trap
Aug 09
The ultimate guide to writing WITHOUT A.I.
Aug 08
The Intention Problem: Why AI Can't Actually Write
Aug 07
A Writing System to Beat Analysis Paralysis
Aug 06
The Buried Treasure in Your Writing
Jul 31
Your reader's brain acts like Google (here's how to hack it)
Jul 23
What Went Wrong with Dan Koe's Book?
Jul 23
What 'furthermore' really tells your reader
Jul 17
Your Readers Are Lost
Jul 14
Write this Book, It'll Blow Up Your Business
Jul 04
The EXACT Writing System to Make Readers Recommend Your Book
Jun 20
Save the Best for Last
May 30
EXACTLY How to Make Your Writing Flow
May 05
The Elements of Style Is Ruining Your Writing (Do This Instead)
Apr 22
The Real Reason Your Sentences Are Hard to Read
Mar 30
Engaging Dialogue: The Silent Dialogue that Expert Writers Use to Hook You
Mar 28
31 Tools for Writers
Mar 28
A Simple Trick to Instantly Boost Your Writing Clarity
Jan 30
How to Start Writing for Beginners
Jan 27
Four Writing Hacks to Make Your Words Stick: Lessons from Reader Psychology
Jan 26
Despair Aboard the Nadir: Writing About Emotions with David Foster Wallace
Jan 23
Want to Write Great Sentences? Forget Grammar—Do This Instead
Sep 29
3 Reader-Focused Tips to Make Your Writing Clear and Engaging
Sep 22
Learn How Brains Organize Ideas
Sep 16
Unpacking My Library