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Ben Riggs
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"Living is the trick. Writers who write interestingly tend to be men and women who keep themselves interested." – William Zinsser, "On Writing Well”
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One of our most popular virtual events this year was on life and career after journalism. Because even if you step away from the industry, we still care about your success! This was a lovely way for journalists to help one another. www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2024/li...
Ben Riggs
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter began its final journey on Saturday. It will travel to his hometown of Plains, Ga. on his way to the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, with a stop a the Georgia State Capitol along the way. wapo.st/3PIpfX7
Don't forget, #writing friends:
The loudest lie you'll hear in your head as you read other writers’ work is that they knew exactly what and how they were going to write it from the start.
They didn't.
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Don’t forget to read or write something just for the hell of it.
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The efficiency you want from generative AI lives on the far side of the effort to play to its strengths and understand its vulnerabilities.
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“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.” - @stephenking.bsky.social in “On Writing”
I have yet to find—or write—a more concise, comprehensive statement about the writing process.
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Effective writing is equal parts what you put in and what you take out.
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“Every sentence should be tested on the tongue, to make sure that the sound of it has the hardness or softness, the swiftness or languor, which the meaning of it calls for.” - C. S. Lewis
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Writing starts when rewriting begins.
Everything before that was a version of thinking out loud.
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