Dickie Bush 🚢
Dickie Bush 🚢

@dickiebush

10 Tweets 7 reads Apr 05, 2024
Why do most people suck at writing?
Because schools do a terrible job teaching it.
Luckily, learning to write is simple—if you know where to start.
And unlike college, it won't cost you $120,000.
Use these 6 dead-simple steps to 10x your writing (without the student debt):
New to writing?
It's *the* most powerful personal habit you can develop.
So, start with these 5 dead-simple steps to build a daily writing habit – even if you've tried everything:
With your writing habit locked in, it's time to generate ideas.
Use this post to come up with 100+ writing ideas in 30 minutes or less (even if you think you have nothing to say):
Now you're:
• Writing every day
• Have tons of ideas
Next, let's dive into the editing process.
Use this 3-part framework to edit your writing in 10 minutes or less (instead of fiddling over adjectives):
Time to get tactical.
I spent 1,000+ hours learning to write.
Then, I distilled everything I learned in 11 one-sentence writing tips.
These are the things Princeton *should* have taught me during my freshman English class:
Now, what about books?
If you love to read, don't make the same mistake I did.
90% of books on writing are a waste of time.
Read these 9 and ignore the rest:
Finally, let me save you hundreds of hours of mistakes & headaches.
My first 9 months of writing online were a *complete* waste of time.
But in the last 4 years, I've gone from 0 to 380k followers.
Here's the playbook I would use if I were starting over:
And that's it!
These 6 posts will help you:
• Write clearly & concisely
• Build a daily writing habit
• Gain your first 1000 followers
• Stop wasting time over editing
• Come up with 100+ writing ideas
• Save 100+ hours by choosing the right books
And if you want the Ultimate Guide to writing online:
Here's a free 13,000-word guide and free email course with everything you need to get started.
Join over 150,000 people who finally started writing after reading it: x.startwritingonline.com
As you can see, there's quite a bit here – way too much to get through in one sitting.
So to easily find this thread later, hop back up to the top to like it, retweet it, & bookmark it.
It also helps the other people get started!
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