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WRITER’S TOOLKIT
Do You Know the Most Revealing Word in Your Toolkit?
‘I’ is a powerful pronoun but you’ve got to know how to use it
You’ve heard it before, “Be careful using I too frequently in your writing.” We can all agree it’s the proper pronoun when you write first-person fiction or essays, but even in those writing formats, overuse can push readers away. It’s tempting to avoid using it altogether in other formats, but that might be a mistake because I has advantages no other pronoun can claim.
WRITER’S TOOLKIT
4 Templates You Can Use Right Now to Improve Your Articles
And 3 you need to ditch if you plan to move forward
You want your writing to be expressive, soulful, and well, art. Nobody is telling you those things are wrong. But what your readers want you to know is that they’ll trust you more if you write by the rules — at least until they know you better.
Fiction writers live and die by templates. They even have fancy names to describe their templates, from “genres” to “beat sheets.” Templates increase your productivity, make the reader comfortable, keep you coherent, and on track, all while helping you tell the story your soul longs to express.
Use the templates below by weaving your story into them. Think of them as nothing more than a framework. It’s up to you to build the castle.