
CONTENT CREATION Ahmed Sharaf Allam
“Everythingthelighttouchesisourkingdom.”
_Mufasa wecansay: thelighttouchesiscontent.”
We have become a planet of publishers.
the act of moving things to the meaning.
the act of making, inventing, or producing.
Ifyouhaveawebsite,you areapublisher.Ifyouare onsocialmedia,youare inmarketing.Andthat meansweareallwriters. Photo
“Thedifferencebetweengoodatmathandbadat mathishardwork.It'strying.It'stryinghard.It's tryingharderthanyou'veevertriedbefore.That's it.”
Thesameistrueaboutwriting. AnnHandley.
“Whenyouhavetowriteyourideas outincompletesentencesand completeparagraphs,itforcesadeeper clarityofthinking.” _JeffBezos.
“Writingwithanarrativestructure ratherthanrelyingonmessagingby numbersorbulletpointsalsopushes peopletothinkthroughproblems withinafullercontext.” _JanetChoi.
‘‘Whatmattersnowisn'tstorytelling; whatmattersistellingatruestory well.’’ AnnHandley.
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Don'ttellmethatthe moonisshining,Show metheglintofmoonon brokenglass. Chekhov.
“It'snottheink—it'sthethink” _RobertMankoff.
TheMoretheThink,theEasierthe Ink.
So,beforeyoubeginthewriting,besureyou knowthepurposeormissionorobjectiveof everypieceofcontentthatyouwrite.Whatare youtryingtoachieve?Whatinformation, exactly,areyoutryingtocommunicate?And whyshouldyouraudiencecare?
“Writingiseasy,allyouhavetodois crossoutthewrongwords. ” _MarkTwain.
Havefun,you'vealreadydonethehardpartof settingdownthewords.Nowcomestheeasier partofcrossingoutthewrongwordsandthe unnecessarywords,andsometimesfinding betteronestouse.