10 Writing Tips from the Founding Editor of the Onion
“Sometimes, after you’ve cut everything, you could realize that you weren’t really saying anything at all — and while that realization might be sad, it’s also v...
“Sometimes, after you’ve cut everything, you could realize that you weren’t really saying anything at all — and while that realization might be sad, it’s also v...
“Retweets make up more than a quarter of all tweets. When they disappeared, my feed had less punch-the-button outrage. Fewer mean screenshots of somebody saying...
I’m not big on secrets.
“Twitter is the only social network where you don’t bring your existing friends/connections with you to start. Because of that, Twitter gives priority to people...
You deserve better.
“The creative process translates across disciplines, so the real challenge to a visual artist who wants to write is learning to operate with words the way you d...
“The only thing that went wrong was the inevitable. Business always optimizes for where the money comes from, and advertisers weren’t in it for the public good....
“Want to freak yourself out? I’m gonna show just how much of your information the likes of Facebook and Google store about you without you even realising it.”
The three headline templates that got me millions of readers.
“Instead of creating content, for your brand, that people interact with, we need to start creating content, for the people, that will spark enough emotion to ge...