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So, you want to become a writer?
Well, I'm no @david_perell or @Nicolascole77, but I do have experience:
- Published in three peer-reviewed journals
- Directed a publishing house (4 best-selling books)
- Taught college writing
Here're my top book and resource recommendations:
Well, I'm no @david_perell or @Nicolascole77, but I do have experience:
- Published in three peer-reviewed journals
- Directed a publishing house (4 best-selling books)
- Taught college writing
Here're my top book and resource recommendations:
First, read everything from the writing master himself @RoyPeterClark. For starters, dive into his beautifully helpful classic: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Tools-Essential-Strategies-Writer/dp/0316014990
Second, enjoy the new standard writing guide by @sapinker. It's fun, sophisticated, and wonderfully iconoclastic: https://www.amazon.com/Sense-Style-Thinking-Persons-Writing/dp/0143127799
Third, learn the dynamics of the new online writing industry with @Nicolascole77's fantastic book: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Business-Online-Writing-Capturing/dp/0998203491
Fourth, realize writing is a creative craft, not an isolated skill, through this inspirational guide by @ThisIsSethsBlog: https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Shipping-Creative-Work/dp/0593328973
Fifth, kill your inner perfectionist by learning the art of prolific production from @austinkleon: https://www.amazon.com/Show-Your-Work-Austin-Kleon/dp/076117897X
Sixth, learn the causal factors that make some pieces flop and some take off from this brilliant work by @DKThomp: https://www.amazon.com/Hit-Makers-Science-Popularity-Distraction/dp/110198032X
Seventh, take the writing course from @MasterClass by @Gladwell: https://www.masterclass.com/classes/malcolm-gladwell-teaches-writing
Eighth, read and study the magnificent work of @morganhousel by reading "The Psychology of Money" and the blog at @collabfund: https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/
Ninth, join a writing group—preferably an excellent one like Write of Passage by @david_perell: https://writeofpassage.school
Tenth, stop procrastinating and go write!
Nothing will help your writing more than doing it A WHOLE LOT and getting feedback from readers.
Be consistently prolific in public over a long period of time and your growth will surprise you.
Nothing will help your writing more than doing it A WHOLE LOT and getting feedback from readers.
Be consistently prolific in public over a long period of time and your growth will surprise you.
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