🐧 EVERYDAY LIFE⚡ 21 SEC
Writing is just pointing and saying, "Look at that!" 👉
Good Writing
It seems good writing is "pointing."
Turn Their Eyes
You just turn the reader's eyes to an interesting thing you found.
No Showing Off
You do not need to show off how smart you are.
⚡ TRY IT
Show the reader the house
Across the valley, there is something fun. How will you show it?
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Paradigm
Moreover
Notwithstanding
Synergy
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🐧 "Hmm? What is over there?"
🐧 "😪 …I can not see anything."
🐧 "😊 Oh! A goat on the roof! I see it!"
Which button helps the reader?
🎩 Big words made fog. The house is gone.
✨ The reader sees it! That is writing.
Right Details
When you decide what to point at, you also know which details you need.
Burkeman Jokes
About the famous advice "Omit needless words," Burkeman jokes: "If I knew they were needless, I would not write them!"
📚 I learned this from Oliver Burkeman's newsletter. Read the original (English)
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