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A sampler of some of the best tweets over the last few years . . .
#Dylan: “So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.”
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 13, 2015
What is a “#brain-based” approach to #writing? Check out my podcast interview (https://t.co/B9St5MuMES).
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) February 26, 2017
#Academic gobbledygook (http://t.co/Yk2xD5ZS7L) #writing pic.twitter.com/bfiwiDb5IN
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 16, 2015
“When you are face to face with a difficulty, you are up against a discovery.” – William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)
— Meredith Bell (@MeredithMBell) December 2, 2013
The power of artificial constraints in writing (http://t.co/XWKTilHckZ) #writing #technique #skills
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) December 2, 2013
Worst #simile in history (thanks, NYT): “Divining a man’s beliefs from the books is like … trying to staple vinaigrette to the ceiling.”
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) November 16, 2013
A tutor who tooted the flute tutored 2 young tooters to toot. Said the 2 to the tooter: Is it easier to to toot or tutor 2 tooters to toot?
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) November 7, 2013
How MLK makes every #paragraph a drama … and you can too (http://t.co/dyn63F7w9U )
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 31, 2013
VIDEO: Everything you need to know about #writing well in 1 minute 24 seconds (http://t.co/E2TDtkO3zc)
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 31, 2013
Someone, somewhere, has figured out answers to every problem. Tim Ferriss has tracked them down and summarized what they’ve figured out. https://t.co/4CsNYyooXx
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) December 16, 2016
Bre Pettis, 3D printing pioneer: “Once you can make anything, it’s a real mind boggler to figure out what you actually want to make.”
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) November 2, 2016
#Pinker book on #writing, alas, fails on all counts. (http://t.co/l87VfZAtEH) pic.twitter.com/0seQ2jRsE9
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 9, 2015
#Interviewing tips from the pros, from Robert Boynton’s classic “The New New #Journalism.” (https://t.co/sqS83Hyq9R) #writing
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) July 6, 2016
James Tate’s Last Poem, Found in His Typewriter https://t.co/ycbh1f0dYt pic.twitter.com/M1rBcU7YP7
— The Paris Review (@parisreview) March 20, 2016
Watching playoff baseball on MLB app. pic.twitter.com/r9EDE1gWMZ
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 20, 2015
How to see.
(http://t.co/f2MIRqvFJ2)— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 17, 2015
Calling Steve Jobs! A century ago we were obsessed with #wireless! pic.twitter.com/G2oMeVRNuT
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 2, 2015
#ZeynepTon strategy for boosting #middleclass #jobs: improve both #training and #company #operations (https://t.co/x21OG6ec96)
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) November 26, 2016
Brothers Grimm, move over . . . #brianwilliams #pinocchio #storytelling pic.twitter.com/VTKYij5fHV
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) February 9, 2015
The Clinton secret: “Lip biting triggers a rush of chemicals to the brain which reduce anxiety, stress and increases mood.”
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) February 2, 2015
Tricks of the masters: How Truman #Capote made “In Cold Type” a masterpiece. (http://t.co/hsEFpunRvR)
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) March 5, 2014
Beautiful testament to life and death. http://t.co/ElMxtQWnXp
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) January 28, 2014
More than 50 Sterling Cooper ad campaigns–and their lessons on the art of persuasion (http://t.co/IP7meUWVBE) #MadMen #DonDraper RT
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) April 14, 2014
The brilliant #RichardFord on You-Know-Who. (https://t.co/liTDE0G3kt) #Trump #DonOfCon
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) July 14, 2016
The Four-Cell Challenge for all #writers. Move from Muddled Bore to Iconic #Story. (https://t.co/N2aoT7BNyc) pic.twitter.com/7KbHrLKWiK
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) December 4, 2016
Gary Smith writes the ultimate #lede. (http://t.co/Wf6VuB7IXD
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) January 27, 2015
Check out https://t.co/jsVEXwFdVk. pic.twitter.com/pu4CbHdgnk
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) December 17, 2016
Very, very awesome and amazing good advice, offered tersely and wisely. https://t.co/PQPeGdXOjm
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) November 9, 2016
“Thinking is for doing”: Why we see what we want to see and disregard the rest (https://t.co/wrHJpEKsL7). #election #tribes #trump #clinton
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) November 7, 2016
#Debate Q’s for #Trump: Can he answer ANY of these? (https://t.co/NMYblqZ5vE)
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 19, 2016
“You know more than you know”–Robert Ornstein
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) November 13, 2014
Baseball has a way of ripping your ❤️ out, stabbing it, putting it back in your chest, then healing itself just in time for Spring Training.
— Noah Syndergaard (@Noahsyndergaard) October 6, 2016
“The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.” – Flannery O’Connor
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) September 27, 2016
More truth here than in a shelf groaning with #education #policy books. https://t.co/hsE3DjMpZD
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) September 10, 2016
New tricks? No problem, says this writerpreneur. https://t.co/nRwWmGxUjk
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) September 9, 2016
The Double Crisis in Business Writing (http://t.co/qdNjTBnMar)
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 31, 2014
Still trying to understand The Donald? “The easiest way to become bigger than yourself is to lie.” — Penn Jillette, of “Penn and Teller”
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) September 12, 2015
The BEST ad pitch in all #MadMen: The #Kodak Carousel (http://t.co/KzJDvUix8h)
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) May 24, 2015
The most important principle of #writing, from the #sentence to the epic (http://t.co/mz51qF6gmb)
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 24, 2014
The
Only
Brain-Based
Writing
System
Anywhere
(http://t.co/cFoyH9JMaM)— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 18, 2014
Big Brother is watching you reading http://t.co/whgKkgjKqy
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) December 25, 2013
The genius of #MadMen‘s Burger Chef campaign (http://t.co/EEFyxnlPd9) #advertising #storytelling
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) March 28, 2015
Malcolm Gladwell’s Rejection Letter (http://t.co/0b9vqIeNlQ) #writing
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 25, 2014
Malcolm Gladwell: this photo shows black male attacking police dog, not the other way ‘roundhttps://t.co/qKjQPOpFaH pic.twitter.com/S3QyXMJbLT
— Yasha Levine (@yashalevine) October 28, 2013
“Charwwww-leee!” Learn All You Need to Know About Writing in ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ http://t.co/R86fmnL88r
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) October 17, 2013
Good advice on #writing from novelist/essayist Avery Chenoweth (http://t.co/Pd4D6ONmWk) RT
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) September 3, 2013
The glamor of grammar. No, really. I’m not kidding. (http://t.co/WJWu848qJ2)
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) August 28, 2013
What happens when you cut out the middles of #sentences and #paragraphs? (http://t.co/dyn63F7w9U) #writing
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) June 19, 2013
Phillip Pullman’s advice for #writers: “Read like a butterfly, write like a bee.”
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) June 3, 2013
#Barthes: “There is nothing in #discourse that is not to be found in a #sentence.” (http://t.co/d47D6nfmM2) #writing #guide
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) June 3, 2013
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Papa #Hemingway says: If you can #write one true #sentence, you can write anything. (http://t.co/JaauwjGonK) #writing #tips dynamic
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) May 28, 2013
“The fault, dear scribe, lies not in our #style but in our #sentences” (http://t.co/JaauwjGonK) #writing #tips
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) May 28, 2013
the right #words for your #writing with this simple #guide (http://t.co/y2bhfe2pYl)
— Charlie Euchner (@thewritingbeat) June 2, 2013