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Themes/Qs
- Want to write better
- Want to translate concepts into narratives
- Want to find discipline to write more
- Finding your voice
- Creating drama/hooking the reader
- Support for writing
- Defining your audience
Strategies
- Speak your ideas and record it
- Write without self censoring; cut later
- Embrace the quick, shitty first draft
- "Let me not weasel!"
- "What do I care about?"
- Bubble diagrams/mind mapping
Resources
- 10-minute plays
- George Orwell's essays
Rules for good writing
- Use the active voice
- Delete unnecessary words
- Use the simplest possible words