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Nov 12
Your view, from the top of the mountain
Nov 06
Don't write from the fridge
Oct 28
Readers won't go hunting
Oct 25
a 4-minute exercise for writers who know too much
Oct 21
Don’t rewrite that sentence (yet)
Oct 14
Writers: Go to the Movies
Sep 30
Grammar Nazis vs Expert Writing
Sep 27
It's the Tale, Not the Teller
Sep 20
Words, words, words
Sep 14
Lucky I didn't get fired today
Sep 06
Making Readers Care
Aug 30
The World Is Made of Stories, not Atoms
Aug 16
Stop Asking Readers for Feedback
Aug 04
The day my student fired me
Jun 29
I retyped a whole McCarthy novel to become a great writer. (It didn't work.)
Jun 22
what Wall-E does for a living
Jun 15
Look for where things are the same, look for where they're different
Jun 09
Write better sentences without feeling inspired
Jun 02
Write something only you could have written
May 27
What am I actually writing about? (how to know for sure)
May 15
Stop trying to find your writing voice (do this instead)
Mar 19
Put Your Ideas Where Readers Expect Them
Feb 20
He emailed me with a writing problem... then solved it himself
Oct 22
Getting Your Readers Involved
Oct 15
Let's Try Something New
Sep 03
Essays that transform everyday experience into valuable writing
Aug 20
Your writing dies in the first two paragraphs. Here's why.
Aug 13
The Action Trap
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 'furthermore' really tells your reader
Jul 17
Your Readers Are Lost
Jun 20
Save the Best for Last
Apr 22
The Real Reason Your Sentences Are Hard to Read
Mar 28
A Simple Trick to Instantly Boost Your Writing Clarity
Sep 22
Learn How Brains Organize Ideas
Sep 16
Unpacking My Library
Jun 11
The Reason I Got Started
May 30
The 5-Part Introduction Framework
Mar 20
Punctuation Is Easy
Jan 08
What Is Academic Writing?

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