"When you understand that nobody wants to read your shit, your mind becomes powerfully concentrated.
You begin to understand that writing/reading is, above all, a transaction.
The reader donates his time and attention, which are supremely valuable commodities. In return, you the writer must give him something worthy of his gift to you.”
"When you understand that nobody wants to read your shit, your mind becomes powerfully concentrated.
You begin to understand that writing/reading is, above all, a transaction.
The reader donates his time and attention, which are supremely valuable commodities. In return, you the writer must give him something worthy of his gift to you.”
— Steven Pressfield
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Simple Writing Tricks
One of the simplest ways to improve one's prose and to keep a reader's attention is simply to vary sentence length.
The cadence of breathing and speaking tends to mimic the frequency of the brain's ability to process words and sentences.