Workshopping: Notes on Writing
On OverWriting
When you’re writing as a professional, it’s best to keep it short and sweet. Ideally, every pitch is a sonnet in prose form. Every client email is a haiku. How can you possibly do that?
“When I hired you, I thought you could write!”
There’s a simple reason why juniors struggle to write well: they don’t feel like they have any authority. They fail to really understand that the target reader is a human person. They’re desperately scrambling to look smart and sophisticated.
Rage Against the Machine
I’m here to tell you that AI is not coming for your job—if, unlike the robots, you’ve got actual storytelling skills. Because the chatbots absolutely don’t.