Becoming a good writer
- Read a lot. It expands your vocabulary, solidifies your grammar, enables you to draw inspiration
- Review everything you write.
- Use as few words as possible to communicate your meaning.
- If there’s a simpler word, use it.
- Use anecdotes and examples wherever you can.
- When it matters, have someone edit your work.
1.13K
3.1K reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
For every question, there is an answer. For every problem, there is a solution. For everything else, there is an explanation.
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about writing with this collection
How to establish a positive team culture
How to collaborate effectively
How to build trust with a new team
Related collections
Similar ideas to Becoming a good writer
Jordan Peterson's Editing Advice
How much technical detail to include
Try not to use technical language. If you do, make sure it is absolutely necessary in order to help the audience understand or appreciate your point – and ensure that you explain the word or term immediately afterwards.
Keep your words as simple and clear as possible, an...
4. Drawing
It’s fine to use your own shorthand to write to-do lists as long as you can decipher it later. Consider doodling quick images to get your message across.
One study found that words are more likely to stick in our memories if we draw pictures of them instead of writing them do...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates