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Janice Walton's avatar

This was excellent. Short and quick reminders of how to make my writing better. Thank you.

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🅟🅐🅤🅛 🅜🅐🅒🅚🅞's avatar

Thanks Janice, some good ones in here.

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Paul D'Arcy's avatar

Always bringing the good stuff, Paul 🙌

Thanks

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Thank you, Paul!

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Donna McArthur's avatar

This is so good, thanks Paul. Memorizing poetry is a very interesting idea that I've never tried. I have heard about reading my piece out loud so will work on making that a habit.

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🅟🅐🅤🅛 🅜🅐🅒🅚🅞's avatar

Thanks Donna, David Perell has a great podcast about writing.

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Jim Cummings's avatar

Great list! I also followed the link to David's interview with Neil Strauss. Very interesting and thought provoking. Thanks Paul.

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🅟🅐🅤🅛 🅜🅐🅒🅚🅞's avatar

Will check out the Strauss interview for sure. Thanks for reading, Jim.

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Ben Woestenburg's avatar

An excellent list! I was checking them off in my head as I was reading them. You should never let yourself get too comfortable with your writing, because there's always so much to think about.

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🅟🅐🅤🅛 🅜🅐🅒🅚🅞's avatar

That’s true about a lot to think about. Thanks, Ben.

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James Ron's avatar

Lists like these are great. Ideas may overlap but hearing them from another point of view provides clarity and perspective. Thanks, Paul!

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🅟🅐🅤🅛 🅜🅐🅒🅚🅞's avatar

I appreciate your thoughtful comments, James!

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Jim Geschke's avatar

There's a lot of wisdom here, Paul. A lot of it I already knew and put to practice. 1) Write what you know. 2) Use active verbs 3) Clarity (he used the word "communication," but it's the same thing). 4) The great writers are also great readers).

I could go on, but this is a handy primer for all of us on how to do it right. Thanks!

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🅟🅐🅤🅛 🅜🅐🅒🅚🅞's avatar

Nice, thanks, Jim!

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