Neil Gaiman’s Top 13 Writing Tips
“Your voice is the stuff you can’t help doing.”
“Your voice is the stuff you can’t help doing.”
“A social caption that reads backward, with the call-to-action front and center, doesn’t engage the reader.”
“In the early stages, you have one writing objective: eliminating all friction in writing.”
“I can attribute a dozen consulting contracts and many coaching sessions to people randomly finding me through one of the articles. Companies have contacted me ...
“Keep your reading of contemporaries in proportion—you do not want a steady diet of contemporary literature. You already belong to your time.”
“People only really learn when they’re surprised.”
“Using an intensifier like ‘very,’ ‘really,’ ‘truly,’ or ‘extremely’ is often a sign you just need to choo...
“Anything that breaks the usual flow of your readers will stick with them.”
“The basic idea is simple: put the most important details first. Don’t tease or delay your main point because people are busy and their time is valuable.&...
“If I could give people ONE writing tip it would be: Use the active voice! Seriously. The passive voice is just…lame. On the flipside, the active voice is crisp...