As someone with little writing experience, and a plan to write more—I found this post motivating and useful! The “stop trying to be serious and respectable” point hit the nail on the head for me. I don’t have a strong background in writing, and when I do write something I set a high internal bar for what is “serious and useful enough”.
Personally, I don’t see aiming to have engaging writing as an extra hoop. I find it decreases the resistance because I feel like I can write with a more authentic & natural tone. I’m more of a speaker than I am a writer, which I think tends to cause my writing to be overly verbose (as I just write what I would say).
But this post had really useful tips for where I’m at—I’m sure I’ll be referring to this several times in the near future. Thanks Kat!
I think making EA content more entertaining/engaging (or having content that achieves this e.g. submissions to the Creative Writing Contest) is a great way to spread EA ideas. The same goes for YouTube videos and other forms of media. Generally speaking, more entertaining = more engaging = more likely to spread. Not to mention that people are more likely to act when emotionally engaged rather than merely intellectually.
I find I really like this comment. I don’t really know exactly why and don’t have time to spend figuring that out, but I figured I’d put that out there. (I suppose if you’re looking for encouragement to write more, there it is. )
Also, +1 to “people are more likely to act when emotionally engaged rather than merely intellectually.”
As someone with little writing experience, and a plan to write more—I found this post motivating and useful! The “stop trying to be serious and respectable” point hit the nail on the head for me. I don’t have a strong background in writing, and when I do write something I set a high internal bar for what is “serious and useful enough”.
Personally, I don’t see aiming to have engaging writing as an extra hoop. I find it decreases the resistance because I feel like I can write with a more authentic & natural tone. I’m more of a speaker than I am a writer, which I think tends to cause my writing to be overly verbose (as I just write what I would say).
But this post had really useful tips for where I’m at—I’m sure I’ll be referring to this several times in the near future. Thanks Kat!
I think making EA content more entertaining/engaging (or having content that achieves this e.g. submissions to the Creative Writing Contest) is a great way to spread EA ideas. The same goes for YouTube videos and other forms of media. Generally speaking, more entertaining = more engaging = more likely to spread. Not to mention that people are more likely to act when emotionally engaged rather than merely intellectually.
I find I really like this comment. I don’t really know exactly why and don’t have time to spend figuring that out, but I figured I’d put that out there. (I suppose if you’re looking for encouragement to write more, there it is. )
Also, +1 to “people are more likely to act when emotionally engaged rather than merely intellectually.”