A few tips for better writing

1. 3 NOTCHES
TO CARVE IN YOUR BETTER WRITING BEDPOST

2. Notch 1

3. Think Before Ink

4. Think Before Ink
Outline It: Be detailed or not. This is to give your
writing shape.
Scribble: Outlining is too organized for you? Jot
down your thoughts on a few cocktail napkins.
Organize the napkins.
Jedi Thinking: Keep it all in the mental suitcase.
Fold your thoughts over and over. Arrange them
how you like. If you want to save space, roll your

5. Notch 2

6. Notch 2

7. Undo to Make It
The writing is in the rewriting.
Writing is a craft. Employ your skill and
knowledge to make your art better.
Pick over the corpses of old work. Sometimes
phrases that did not work in other pieces might
just work in this one.

8. Undo to Make It

9. Notch 3

11. Your work does not have to be
perfect.
Nobody has to see the work
before you want them to see it.
It is just fine to break the rules, if
the outcome is terrific.
Just write it already.

12. The
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