Description
A summary of the key points from the How I Write Podcasts’s episode: 10 Lessons from the Best Writer in Tech by Paul Graham
Tags
Writing
Type
Media Note
David Perell summarizes the 10 key lessons from his podcast interview with Paul Graham, who is a famous tech entrepreneur, founder of YCombinator, and overall great essayist.
- Write simply
- Great writing comes from great editing
- Writing generates ideas
- General and surprising
- Try painting
- Do hard things
- Cultivate your taste for great writing
- Copy what you like
- Don’t try to develop a personal style
- When an ending appears, grab it