Content Marketing: 49 Creative Strategies that Work. Some Useful Condescending Phrases. Better Writing – How to Improve Your Style. To me the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the music the words make. -Truman Capote I want to share my process for improving my writing and refining a style.
Improving your writing can be tough. I’ve read a lot about writing. But most of this focuses on the basics of grammar, spelling or active vs passive voice. Very little is on how to actually develop your own style that actually works. The Basics – Write Lots, Write For an Audience, Buy a Reference Book If you are going to improve your writing style, start with the basics. Write every day. The Not-So-Basics – Developing a Style What if you are doing the basics, but it still isn’t enough? You have to develop a style. Your style needs to be unique and it needs to be effective. Model Other Writers Other writers are my source for ideas. Pay attention not only to what they write, but what there strengths are. Experiment Heavily Writing quickly becomes a habit. Changing your style won’t immediately change your results.
5 Killer Ways to Improve your Writing Right Now. The creator of Dilbert, Wally, Catbert, the Pointy Haired Boss and all your favorite cubicle companions. One way that future robots could conquer the world is by violence. But that seems both inefficient and uncreative. Allow me to suggest some smarter ways for robots to do their conquering. I start by imagining what happens when the first computer achieves what is called The Singularity.
That's the moment the computer can program itself faster than humans can program it. Soon after that point, futurists say, you would see the computer rapidly evolve to have super intelligence and perhaps something that looks like free will. I'm going to assume that computers will only program themselves after humans have given them an artificial "purpose" in life so the machines can evolve in a productive direction. For example, the first post-singularity computer's purpose might be to make life better for humans, continue learning, or some combination of such things. Let's assume the computer doesn't go all Terminator and destroy humanity in the name of efficiency.
It all fits, doesn't it? Steve Pavlina’s Personal Development Blog. The Dilbert Blog.