A summary of George Orwell’s six rules for writing:

A summary of George Orwell’s six rules for writing:

1) You don’t need cliches

2) Avoid long words

3) If it is possible to cut a word out, cut it out.

4) Write in the active voice

5) Write as clearly as possible

6) Better to be interesting than to follow all the rules

— David Perell (@david_perell) July 3, 2020

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July 03, 2020 at 03:03PM