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āTo write is human. To edit is divine.ā ā Stephen King
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Writing Tip of the Week
š„Ā Round 2 Writing. This weekās tip comes from copywriter Kieran Drew.
Most people publish and move on.
But your best ideas are a result of iteration.
If at first you donāt succeed, refine and try again.
Best Writing Examples
Discover sharp copy, inspiring quotes, and powerful messaging from the best apps, websites, magazines, and books.
Know your audienceās pain and talk directly to them. Excellent headline example by Patch.
Donāt put limits. Empowering headline on Keplerās website.
āWhat It Isā Lego campaign from 1981.
Best Reads
Favorite stories from Writer News.
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š«Ā Get Rid of Writerās Block. Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in the US, and even as a professional writer, she often experiences writerās block. Here are her tips for how to get rid of it.
šĀ Books for Newsletter Writers. Matt Ragland shares 10 books every newsletter writer should read.
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Cool Tools
Interesting apps and software for curious writers.
Coffee. A tiny time tracker for your next big project.
Bearly AI. Read, write, and learn faster with the worldās best AI accessible with a hotkey directly on your desktop. Available for Mac, Windows & Linux.
ChatSonic. A ChatGPT-like chatbot but with real-time data, images & voice search.
Food for Thought
āI have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.ā ā Robert Frost
āDescription begins in the writerās imagination but should finish in the readerās.ā ā Stephen King
āThe greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.ā ā Samuel Johnson
āThe art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.ā ā Gustave Flaubert
Did You Know?
š§āāļøĀ Ernest Hemingway wrote standing up, often on top of a bookshelf.
Thatās right: the Papa himself wrote standing up. By some accounts, he borrowed this from his editor, the legendary Maxwell Perkins. A Movable Feast was written at a stand-up desk in his home in Havana.
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