Tag: Voice & Style
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Borrow Tarantino’s Storytelling Method to Create Magnetic Content
I saw Pulp Fiction on opening night in 1994, and I remember two things with perfect clarity. First, the audience burst into applause after the opening scene, not the ending, the opening. I’d never seen that before. Second, I spent the next two hours with a question humming in the back of my brain like…
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Adopting Hemingway’s Bold and Simple Writing Style
Whenever I tell business people to write like Hemingway, someone inevitably says: “Hey, I’m no Hemingway!” To which the only reasonable response is: exactly. You’re not. Neither am I. That’s not the point. The point is that Hemingway chose to eschew obfuscation at every turn, to write simply and clearly instead of hiding behind flowery…
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Editing Techniques That Turn Rough Drafts Into Compelling Masterpieces
I used to think writing was the hard part. Then I became an editor and learned the truth: writing is the first part. Editing is where the work actually happens, where you take the raw ore of your thoughts and hammer it into something that gleams. The content people share, bookmark, and email to friends…