Every summer growing up, I spent time at my grandparents’ house in Overland, an inner-ring St. Louis suburb. After raiding their pantry for cookies, I usually found my way upstairs to an old vanity in the front guest room. Inside the vanity’s drawers were boxes of treasures, including tiny lipstick samples from the Mary Kay lady and lovely old handkerchiefs.
I’ve been thinking about Poynter’s archives with the same anticipation that I had while running up the creaky staircase at my grandparents’. I just knew I’d find delightful things.
And I did.
To celebrate Poynter’s 50th, I got to search, discover and curate a list of 50 timeless writing and storytelling tips. You can also see the graphics we made of them in a printable/shareable PDF format here.
As someone who treasured Poynter long before I worked here, I loved getting to rediscover the work of people who’ve helped shape our industry, including Roy Peter Clark, Chip Scanlan, Tom Huang, Matt Thompson, Lauren Klinger and Al Tompkins, but also newer colleagues, including Fernanda Camarena, TyLisa Johnson, Amaris Castillo, Angela Fu and Alex Mahadevan.
My current favorite from this list: Good writing is not magic, it’s a process. I hope you enjoy!
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