How to Write Usefully

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Useful writing tells people something true and important that they didn't already know, and tells them as unequivocally as possible.
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It's like the trick I suggest to young founders for getting startup ideas: to make something you yourself want. You can use yourself as a proxy for the reader. The reader is not completely unlike you, so if you write about topics that seem important to you, they'll probably seem important to a significant number of readers as well.
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There's one other quality I aim for in essays: to say things as simply as possible.
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title: How to Write Usefully
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@tags:: #lit✍/📰️article/highlights
@links:: writing,
@ref:: How to Write Usefully
@author:: paulgraham.com

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Book cover of "How to Write Usefully"

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Useful writing tells people something true and important that they didn't already know, and tells them as unequivocally as possible.
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- favorite, writing, truth,

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It's like the trick I suggest to young founders for getting startup ideas: to make something you yourself want. You can use yourself as a proxy for the reader. The reader is not completely unlike you, so if you write about topics that seem important to you, they'll probably seem important to a significant number of readers as well.
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- favorite, startups, blogging, innovation, entrepreneurship, writing,

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There's one other quality I aim for in essays: to say things as simply as possible.
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