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Craft

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Craft

A topic is something you write about; a subject is something you keep returning to. Ways to notice yours, test it, and live with it for years.

Oct 21, 20265 min read

Craft

An opening has one job: to make the second paragraph worth reading. How to begin closer to the middle, make a promise, and set the voice early.

Oct 21, 20264 min read

A personal essay uses one life to look at something larger. On the two selves on the page, scene and reflection, honesty, and writing about others.

Oct 21, 20265 min read

Editing

A practical way to shorten a long draft without losing what matters: cut from the top down, keep a cuttings file, and know what never to remove.

Oct 21, 20264 min read

Craft

Summaries flatten a good essay at the last moment. Other ways to end: return to an image changed, end on something concrete, leave one door open.

Oct 21, 20264 min read