Joy

Writing is facing your deepest fears and failures, hoping that your worst version is revised so that posterity will never know how awful it was.

In there, your work has to bring you some kind of joy, including the joy of hard truths, told honestly. Find pleasure and joy. How you feel is something that you cannot take too seriously. Doing something is a means of not being stuck in how you feel.

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10 Tips on Writing from David Ogilvy

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How is your New Year's resolution to read more and write better holding up? After tracing the fascinating story of the most influential writing style guide of all time and absorbing advice on writing from some of modern history's most celebrated writers, here comes some priceless and pricelessly uncompromising wisdom from a very different kind of cultural legend: iconic businessman and original "Mad Man" David Ogilvy (June 23, 1911-July 21, 1999).

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10 Tips on Writing

Read the Roman-Raphaelson book on writing.
Write the way you talk. Naturally.
Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs.
Never...

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It's Okay to be Good and Not Great

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What if striving to be great all the time is what's holding you back? "Good is the enemy of great" is one of the most popular self-improvement expressions there is. It's the first sentence of an international bestselling business book, the title of another self-help book, and a mantra that NFL superstar J.J.

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One of the most popular self-improvement expressions is "good is the enemy of great." Although it sounds appealing, it might also be wrong.

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The meaning of true success

True success means feeling content with the unfolding of your life. It's finding happiness in your work and life in the present time and being great all the time.

Interestingly, not always trying so hard to be great is the path to getting better.

The right mindset

To make sustainable progress, you don't have to be consistently great; it's about being great at being consistent.

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What Is Effective Writing? A Definition - Darius Foroux

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Most of us think effective writing is about grammar, punctuation, and spelling. That's not true. Writing is about hitting your mark, whatever that may be. That is the single most important thing when you put your words to use. Writing that hits its mark is effective. But what is effective writing exactly?

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Effective writing

Effective writing is not about grammar, punctuation, and spelling. It is about hitting your mark.

Effective writing is clear and has only one interpretation.
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Writing as a tool

Writing is a way of communicating. When you use clear, credible and persuasive language, you don't have to worry about a beautiful sentence or fancy words.

If you are not clear from the start, you will end up wasting a lot of time clarifying your message. Aim to get it right from the start.
You can write the wrong thing that will land you up in an argument. If you didn't mean it that way, don't write it that way. Write what you mean.
Ineffective writing can cause lost opportunities.