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There are many types of writing in the world: Article writing, novel writing, copywriting, ghostwriting, songwriting, poetry writing, playwriting, handwriting, typewriting, skywriting, love-letter-writing, rewriting…and so on and so forth, ad infinitum. All of these kinds of writing can be (and are!) very, very different from one another. And each kind of writing requires its own …
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Have you ever tried to do something badly— on purpose? Course not! You say. No one tries to do things badly on purpose…or do they? Actually, they do: Navajo weavers deliberately weave imperfections (called ch’ihonit’i) into their rugs. Japanese artists have been including “wabi sabi” (deliberate imperfections such as nicks or asymmetry) into their art since the …
Have you ever experienced a serious setback? A death in the family or a chronic and debilitating illness, for instance? When Jon Morrow was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at the tender age of one, his mother was told that he would slowly lose mobility until he died without ever leaving childhood. Decades later, the boy …
What do Dr. Seuss, Mark Twain, and Oscar Wilde all have in common? They were hilarious writers, of course! They were also (very) successful. And they’re not alone: From Oscar Wilde to David Sedaris, Carl Hiaasen to Tina Fey, it seems like writers with a great sense of humor tend to do quite well in …
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Have you ever read a story grabs you by the heartstrings and refuses to let go? A story that changes something deep inside you and leaves you breathless with awe? Somehow, the writer was able to crawl into your mind, lead you into her world, and make you care so much about her characters that you …
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You want to write articles that mean something. Articles that touch people’s hearts. Words that change someone’s world. That’s why you became a writer, after all — not just to string a bunch of fancy words together, but to capture and communicate ideas that make a difference. But while you’ve had some measure of success in writing, there’s …
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“Don’t judge a book by its cover,” they say. But unfortunately, we all know that we DO judge books by their cover, literally and figuratively. And your article’s headline is its “cover.” If you have a boring cover, it doesn’t matter how scintillating, meaningful, or amazing your content is — few will choose to click on it, and …
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Prolific writer Stephen King once said, But many people read and write a lot, with minimal results. Perhaps you are one of them. Perhaps you’ve thought to yourself: Why aren’t people reading what I write? How come all my hard work isn’t working? What do those successful writers have that I don’t? The answer: a …
“I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.” — Gustave Flaubert Have you ever stared at your computer screen in frustration, unable to write words that work? Have you ever thrown your writing out onto the World …
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You want to write brilliant articles. And not just one or two here and there, but consistently brilliant articles: Meaningful articles that win readers’ hearts and minds. Evergeen articles that constantly attract readers year after year. Viral articles that spread like wildfire across the internet. The question is: HOW? It looks as if the best …
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