A classic writing tip from Gary Provost.
#goodwriting
#goodwriting
November 16, 2024 at 10:43 PM
A classic writing tip from Gary Provost.
#goodwriting
#goodwriting
Good Writing
paulgraham.com
May 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
January 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Clean prose is a good objective.
This simply means that all of your sentences have 'good' construction.
It doesn't mean you are done but it cleans up some of the worse crap in your rough draft.
What are your bad writing habits? Do you know?
#writingcommunity #booksky #goodwriting #prose
This simply means that all of your sentences have 'good' construction.
It doesn't mean you are done but it cleans up some of the worse crap in your rough draft.
What are your bad writing habits? Do you know?
#writingcommunity #booksky #goodwriting #prose
July 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Clean prose is a good objective.
This simply means that all of your sentences have 'good' construction.
It doesn't mean you are done but it cleans up some of the worse crap in your rough draft.
What are your bad writing habits? Do you know?
#writingcommunity #booksky #goodwriting #prose
This simply means that all of your sentences have 'good' construction.
It doesn't mean you are done but it cleans up some of the worse crap in your rough draft.
What are your bad writing habits? Do you know?
#writingcommunity #booksky #goodwriting #prose
June 2, 2024 at 3:08 PM
And it doesn't feel like a phone book despite the seemingly constant introduction of new characters. #Goodwriting
April 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
And it doesn't feel like a phone book despite the seemingly constant introduction of new characters. #Goodwriting
Much to Anne's frustration, while in the hospital emergency room, I #read #RichardBrautigan imagery aloud. "Be careful," she warns, "Someone will hear you and admit you to the psychiatric ward." Now, THAT'S goodwriting! 📚🙂 #booksky
March 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Much to Anne's frustration, while in the hospital emergency room, I #read #RichardBrautigan imagery aloud. "Be careful," she warns, "Someone will hear you and admit you to the psychiatric ward." Now, THAT'S goodwriting! 📚🙂 #booksky
I've been focusing less on shitposting and more on goodwriting. Why didn't I think of this before
November 19, 2023 at 10:22 PM
I've been focusing less on shitposting and more on goodwriting. Why didn't I think of this before
“Like all Netflix movies, Bubble and The Bubble floated away as quickly as they appeared, becoming tiles in the company’s sprawling mosaic of content, destined to be autoplayed on laptops whose owners have fallen asleep.” #GoodWriting
“The difference between Netflix and its predecessors is that the older studios had a business model that rewarded cinematic expertise and craft. Netflix ... is staffed by unsophisticated executives who have no plan for their movies and view them with contempt.”
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December 26, 2024 at 11:31 PM
“Like all Netflix movies, Bubble and The Bubble floated away as quickly as they appeared, becoming tiles in the company’s sprawling mosaic of content, destined to be autoplayed on laptops whose owners have fallen asleep.” #GoodWriting
Just finished this excellent novel. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice.
So good! Starts slow, steady and comfortable. Tension rises. Momentum builds. Then headlong into ...
Add it to your list!
#booksky
#specfic
#indigenousfutures
#goodwriting
So good! Starts slow, steady and comfortable. Tension rises. Momentum builds. Then headlong into ...
Add it to your list!
#booksky
#specfic
#indigenousfutures
#goodwriting
June 30, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just finished this excellent novel. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice.
So good! Starts slow, steady and comfortable. Tension rises. Momentum builds. Then headlong into ...
Add it to your list!
#booksky
#specfic
#indigenousfutures
#goodwriting
So good! Starts slow, steady and comfortable. Tension rises. Momentum builds. Then headlong into ...
Add it to your list!
#booksky
#specfic
#indigenousfutures
#goodwriting
January 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Knocking over the kids ice cream and doing nothing about it tells us a lot about this character. #GoodWriting #TCMParty #BlindSpot
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Knocking over the kids ice cream and doing nothing about it tells us a lot about this character. #GoodWriting #TCMParty #BlindSpot
The ‘Dalia’ revelation today, like any good movie twist, was surprising in the moment yet makes perfect sense in the long run...
#GoodWriting
#GoodWriting
May 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
The ‘Dalia’ revelation today, like any good movie twist, was surprising in the moment yet makes perfect sense in the long run...
#GoodWriting
#GoodWriting
What is 'good' writing is entirely subjective and will vary from one reader to the next. No reader is better at detecting some universal 'good' standard. Too often what we see in reviews is access to bullying by persons who never bothered to read a work.
#writingcommunity #booksky #goodwriting
#writingcommunity #booksky #goodwriting
October 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
What is 'good' writing is entirely subjective and will vary from one reader to the next. No reader is better at detecting some universal 'good' standard. Too often what we see in reviews is access to bullying by persons who never bothered to read a work.
#writingcommunity #booksky #goodwriting
#writingcommunity #booksky #goodwriting
Good Writing
www.paulgraham.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Greatest Villain Monologue of All Time
#stampy #stampylongnose #stampylonghead #stampyslovelyworld #mcyt #mcytclips #minecraft #minecraftclips #minecraftnostalgia #nostalgia #nostalgic #hitthetarget #villain #goodwriting
#stampy #stampylongnose #stampylonghead #stampyslovelyworld #mcyt #mcytclips #minecraft #minecraftclips #minecraftnostalgia #nostalgia #nostalgic #hitthetarget #villain #goodwriting
April 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The Greatest Villain Monologue of All Time
#stampy #stampylongnose #stampylonghead #stampyslovelyworld #mcyt #mcytclips #minecraft #minecraftclips #minecraftnostalgia #nostalgia #nostalgic #hitthetarget #villain #goodwriting
#stampy #stampylongnose #stampylonghead #stampyslovelyworld #mcyt #mcytclips #minecraft #minecraftclips #minecraftnostalgia #nostalgia #nostalgic #hitthetarget #villain #goodwriting
I can't watch any of it. I just record and watch old reruns of MASH, Everybody Loves Raymond, Cheers, Frasier. You know, when writing was actually good. #GoodWriting
September 5, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I can't watch any of it. I just record and watch old reruns of MASH, Everybody Loves Raymond, Cheers, Frasier. You know, when writing was actually good. #GoodWriting
“Always be a poet, even in prose.”
–Charles Baudelaire
#quotes #writers #poet #prose #writingcommunity #indieauthor #books #booksky📚💙 #succinct #fantasy #goodwriting #brevity is the soul of #wit
–Charles Baudelaire
#quotes #writers #poet #prose #writingcommunity #indieauthor #books #booksky📚💙 #succinct #fantasy #goodwriting #brevity is the soul of #wit
October 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“Always be a poet, even in prose.”
–Charles Baudelaire
#quotes #writers #poet #prose #writingcommunity #indieauthor #books #booksky📚💙 #succinct #fantasy #goodwriting #brevity is the soul of #wit
–Charles Baudelaire
#quotes #writers #poet #prose #writingcommunity #indieauthor #books #booksky📚💙 #succinct #fantasy #goodwriting #brevity is the soul of #wit
This retirement letter read by another is the best thing I’ve listened to on TikTok. She credits the author as well. Enjoy.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjScKYGC/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjScKYGC/
@Michael Jochum posted this on fb and I just had to read it for you. It’s effing brilliant. I want to write like this. #uspolitics #fyp #satire #goodwriting
TikTok video by MoJo Medium
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May 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This retirement letter read by another is the best thing I’ve listened to on TikTok. She credits the author as well. Enjoy.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjScKYGC/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjScKYGC/
Good stuff paulgraham.com/goodwriting.... (cc @tedturnau.bsky.social)
Good Writing
paulgraham.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Good stuff paulgraham.com/goodwriting.... (cc @tedturnau.bsky.social)
"There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story, read sometimes for the words--the language. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book."
- Stephen King
#books #reading #stories #words #goodwriting
- Stephen King
#books #reading #stories #words #goodwriting
February 27, 2026 at 12:20 PM
"There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story, read sometimes for the words--the language. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book."
- Stephen King
#books #reading #stories #words #goodwriting
- Stephen King
#books #reading #stories #words #goodwriting
