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Meera Menon's avatar

Thanks a TON for this guide! โค ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ’• ๐Ÿ’“ ๐Ÿ’— All the things I learnt in English grammar in university, that I had completely forgotten, hit my memory, right from this post! ๐Ÿ’ฅ BOOM! This was the tip I ๐Ÿ‘Œ needed to add meat to my writing! By the way, I have a question: Is it ok if I experiment with creative style writing โœ even though I'm currently doing Technical โœ ? Technical writing is more of a guide/tutorial and I guess the excitement there lies in making it more explanatory rather than use interesting style of writing whereas in creative writing, there is a great scope in having interesting style of writing besides having a narrative twist as well. Please correct me if I'm wrong as I am just a beginner when it comes to writing. My work involves teaching for a living, but I also wish to experiment writing for a living. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ™‚

Thanks for the great guide.

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Derek Hughes's avatar

Happy to help Meera. If you teach you can learn to write!

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Therapy Truck's avatar

Can't wait to dive in to all of the good ideas coming to my inbox. Thanks for making this course available. I'm an old-school paragraph writer trying to learn the new succinct, shorter way of writing online. I think your tips are a great way to start. Appreciate your timely adviceโฃ๏ธ

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Derek Hughes's avatar

Discovering online writing was different was a shock to my system too.

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Bechem Ayuk's avatar

I love that this post explains good writing AND also demonstrates it.

Each technique does more than sound nice. It shapes the experience of reading. Like good design, the structure vanishes into the background, but it makes everything smoother.

I think these devices arenโ€™t just literary but also psychological.

Parallelism and repetition create cognitive ease. The brain loves patterns, especially when the pattern surprises just enough to stay interesting. Itโ€™s the same reason jokes land, mantras stick, and sermons hit hard. Itโ€™s rhythm + resonance.

Great writing is less about what you say and more about how it feels to read it.

Thank you so much for writing this Derek.

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Derek Hughes's avatar

Wow what a fantastic description. Thanks for sharing.

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Jennifer Blair's avatar

Love this post very inspiring - I canโ€™t wait to implement it .. thank you

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Derek Hughes's avatar

Thanks Jennifer. Glad you liked it. Have fun using the techniques

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Jennifer Blair's avatar

Definitely will

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Sรฉbastien Bouckaert's avatar

I write about entrepreneurs who hit rock bottom, got back up, and built something anyway.

Itโ€™s not about overnight success, itโ€™s about grit, failure, and the moments that shaped them.

https://weeklybusinessstory.substack.com/p/steve-jobs-built-apple-then-apple

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