If you’re too chicken for last week’s post, at least try this one for a couple weeks.
Go through an entire news story that you like and just read the first five words of every paragraph. Do this with a new story every day. You’ll start to learn how good writing should start with punchy, clear words that move the prose along.
You don’t have to read the first five words—you could do the first four words, or first six words, or the first line of each paragraph on the printed page. But do something so your brain can regularly absorb what good writing is supposed to be. Over time, your own paragraphs should start off as punchy and clear.
Try it for a couple weeks.
(And then give last week’s post a try. If Stahls can do it, so can you!)
Go through an entire news story that you like and just read the first five words of every paragraph. Do this with a new story every day. You’ll start to learn how good writing should start with punchy, clear words that move the prose along.
You don’t have to read the first five words—you could do the first four words, or first six words, or the first line of each paragraph on the printed page. But do something so your brain can regularly absorb what good writing is supposed to be. Over time, your own paragraphs should start off as punchy and clear.
Try it for a couple weeks.
(And then give last week’s post a try. If Stahls can do it, so can you!)
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