“If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.” — George Orwell
It’s easy to have an opinion without fully understanding why we have it. We experience things and they imprint a certain feeling within us, a feeling we can express with a few words, but that come up lacking when we try to express them at length and with supporting evidence.
Writing is great way to test your opinions. When you spill your mind on paper you have to structure and elaborate on your ideas, and doing that can make you very aware of where they fall short. Things you thought you knew might not look so good in text, which is great, because it gives you a chance to improve.
“People who think well, write well. Woolly minded people write woolly memos, woolly letters and woolly speeches. Good writing is not a natural gift. You have to learn to write well.” — David Ogilvy
I think we could all do with some more writing. We should learn to express ourselves more effectively. To that end, I thought it would be a nice idea to gather a few writing tips from some of our greatest…
