I now type "use big pictures and few words" several times a day↗

A few days ago, Anthropic shared this brilliant prompt. I was surprised by how it significantly improved writing with Fable 5.1. Even more surprising, it also improved writing for GPT-5.6 Sol. I have it as a rule everywhere I use AI for editing/writing.↗

I tried asking myself what I'd learned after 40, and it turned out to be a lot of the most important stuff I know. At least 90% of what I know about startups, because I was 40 when we started YC. Plus everything I know about parenting and most of what I know about writing.↗

Usually the more of a skill I've handwritten, the better it is Paying attention to each word as you write it is unreasonably effective↗

The most important component of writing clearly is simply to have high standards for clarity. Then if you write something unclear, you notice, and ask: what did I mean to say? You can just keep doing this over and over. And if you have high standards for clarity, you will.↗

here is our full Opus 4.7 vibe check we broke down how it performs on coding, writing, spreadsheets and more: every.to/vibe-check/opu…↗

a brief refresher on how to write easily-forwardable emails↗

Bearing witness to the incredible heroics of @joshm and @hursh inspired me to write something reflecting on our industry: Creating Something from Nothing docs.google.com/document/d/119…↗

Tips on writing: How to Write Usefully: paulgraham.com/useful.html The Age of the Essay: paulgraham.com/essay.html Write Like You Talk: paulgraham.com/talk.html↗

I re-visit this lesson on writing structure every 3-4 months. Gold:↗

In 2022, I somehow made $249k doing things I loved When I quit my job in 2017, I only did freelance consulting until I fell in love with writing. I decided to secretly stop trying to make money and just write, living on very little I can't believe it worked. Some reflections👇↗

If you’re a writer, this is one of the most useful ChatGPT prompts:↗

most people's writing is boring, or too complicated. here's 7 things that will make you a better writer. Let's start with the most non-obvious tip:↗

Over the next 2 weeks, I'm sharing 4 short essays on my writing experience. At the end, @david_perell & I are doing a live writing workshop and will try to convince you to take Write of Passage, like I did. Sign up to get the emails (first one tomorrow): not-boring.ck.page/wop↗

The world's most valuable skill: Writing effectively. But colleges charge you 120k and still do a terrible job teaching it. Instead, here are 9 writing frameworks that cost you nothing and will save you hundreds of hours:↗

THREAD: 10 significant lies you're told about the world. On startups, writing, and your career:↗

Lessons on the Writing, Distribution and Newsletters. Synthesized from the webinar between @lennysan and @david_perell Lenny grew his newsletter to 28,000+ free subscribers and 1200+ paid subscribers generating a 6 figure income Truly 1000 true fans. - Time for a Thread -↗

best two business bios you've ever read?↗

For anyone thinking about taking Write of Passage with @david_perell, here are ten tangible benefits: 1/Building a good information collection system. This system allows me to write from abundance and drastically reduce writers block.↗

14 Ideas on How to Grow Your Business by Writing (THREAD) Ideas are all from @shl and @david_perell Notes below 👇 youtu.be/grXrGaT7DLw↗

I recently spent $1,000 on an online writing class. ✏️ Coughing up that sum of cash was not an easy choice. But I learned more in five weeks than I did in four years of college. Here are some of the key takeaways @levnaginsky and I came away with: …↗

Checklist for online writing: • Remove every unnecessary word • Focus on clarity, not cleverness • If a sentence bores your reader, delete it • Make your reader smarter • Treat every word like it’s on trial for its life • Write like you’re talking to a friend at a bar↗

"I have stolen ideas from every book I have ever read. My principle in researching is "Read like a butterfly, write like a bee", and if this story contains any honey, it is entirely because of the quality of the nectar I found in the work of better writers." — Philip Pullman ✨↗