How good can my prose be?
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 5:52 am
Feedback from friends is your way of validating that you are making progress. Written feedback goes hand in hand with practice.
Analyze good articles
To understand what a job well done looks like, dissect your favorite posts: highlight the best and worst parts of each, and identify what makes them so.
I find that writers who publish frequently like twice a week are rarely worth reading. I read for insights. No writer can produce deep insights on a regular schedule. I round up writers who publish sporadically. When they publish, they really have something to say.
This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be productive. You should start practicing. I’m just telling you how I personally find content.
My favorite writers
The past few years have shown that the future Shakespeare, Mark cambodia mobile database Twain, and other famous authors will not emerge from book publishing. They will come from YouTube, podcasts, and blogs.
The difference between good writers and bad writers is that good writers know their writing is bad.
—Dan Brown
Analysis Example
My analysis
1
Starting with a climax and zero preface. It was a very concise decision. He signaled, "I'm not going to waste your time here."
2
He said his goal was to challenge a widely held belief. This appeals to us — to claim that our intuitions about the world are wrong. Hmm, I wanted to know more.
Analyze good articles
To understand what a job well done looks like, dissect your favorite posts: highlight the best and worst parts of each, and identify what makes them so.
I find that writers who publish frequently like twice a week are rarely worth reading. I read for insights. No writer can produce deep insights on a regular schedule. I round up writers who publish sporadically. When they publish, they really have something to say.
This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be productive. You should start practicing. I’m just telling you how I personally find content.
My favorite writers
The past few years have shown that the future Shakespeare, Mark cambodia mobile database Twain, and other famous authors will not emerge from book publishing. They will come from YouTube, podcasts, and blogs.
The difference between good writers and bad writers is that good writers know their writing is bad.
—Dan Brown
Analysis Example
My analysis
1
Starting with a climax and zero preface. It was a very concise decision. He signaled, "I'm not going to waste your time here."
2
He said his goal was to challenge a widely held belief. This appeals to us — to claim that our intuitions about the world are wrong. Hmm, I wanted to know more.