Eight Ways to Develop Your Unique Writing Voice
How to stop trying to find your voice and start to create it.
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Seven Pieces Of Common Writing Advice To Ignore
“Writing about what you want isn’t terrible writing advice in and of itself, rather it’s the implication that people should want to read whatever you write.”
The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online
“Your ideas are the most valuable currency in a knowledge-driven economy. Just as an investment account allows your money to grow day and night without your inv...
How to Improve Your Copywriting by Writing Objective Copy
“Remove self-aggrandizing language like ‘unique’ or ‘special’ and let customers say it for you. Then quote the testimonial.”
How Writing Anonymously Can Reinvigorate Your Writing
“Anonymity was a technology that allowed me to widen my vision and there was so much to see without myself in the way.”
How to Use an Experience Journal to Turbocharge Your Writing and Ease Anxiety
“I never worry about writer’s block because my journal provides me with an endless reservoir of source material. I let go of my deepest anxieties before I hop i...
Five Tips for Writing a Better Cover Letter
“Aim for two paragraphs (if you end up with one or three it’s okay). There is no rule that says cover letters need to be lengthy to lend insight into your backg...
The Three Rules of Writing Pitch Emails
“When you nail the subject line, you automatically nail the rest of the email. Why? Well, if you’re able to describe exactly what your email is about in one sho...
Three Rules for Writing in the 21st Century
“Our job as writers is to make it as easy as possible for our readers to grab the next line and hold on to it for dear life.”
20 Writing Tips from James Baldwin
“One writes out of one thing only — one’s own experience. Everything depends on how relentlessly one forces from this experience the last drop, sweet or bitter,...