The Write Way
James Carran, Craftsman WriterThe Write Way is a free newsletter for writers who care about their craft. Learn how to write persuasive and powerful prose that gets you noticed - without selling your soul to social media content mills or CrapGPT prompting.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 86 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 2 months ago |
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I ATE’NT DEAD (Writer's Paradox Corollary #1)
Granny Weatherwax was stretched rigid on her bed. Her face was gray, her skin was cold. People had discovered her like this before, and it always caused embarrassment. So now she reassured visitors but tempted fate by always holding, in her...
Thumbs Up if You Like Hardship
There we were, peacefully having pizza for dinner...
...when, midway through, seven-year old Ruth realised she hadn’t had her favourite pizza in a while.
“We haven’t had stuffed crust pizza in aaaaages”
My wife rolled her eyes in resp...
Cut the crap.
“be direct”
“get to the point”
“cut words”
“be concise”
This is the advice du jour on X-Twitter, and online in general.
And it’s mostly right, mostly.
But here on the Write Way Newsletter we deal in reality instead of soundbites.
So...
Write not like you talk
Every time I post about writing naturally and casually online…
…I get a host of nitwit comments saying “Yeah, write like you talk!”
And all I can say is an eloquent:
No. Stop it.
I see that advice everywhere online, but it’s dreadful....
Financial success for writers
In a recent article, I told the story of an older member of our church’s comment one Sunday:
Some months ago, an older member of our congregation stopped me in the aisle after the service. “I was reading The Olney Hymnbook this week, and i...
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Published author with 10,000+ copies sold organically. Also a ghostwriter, novelist, and poet. I teach writers who care about the craft of words to stand out in a sea of slop and stop being ignored online.
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