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Jeff Goins
Personal blog · goinswriter.comwritingcareer
Jeff Goins's personal blog at goinswriter.com covers writing and career. Since 2012, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often ““Write Drunk, Edit Sober” Is Bad Advice”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Jeff Goins's blog for writing advice, such as the 'write drunk, edit sober' post on building a writing habit and separating drafting from editing. Comments mention it mostly in passing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- “Write Drunk, Edit Sober” Is Bad Advice2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-12-07
What Hacker News says?
The old adage "write drunk, edit sober" applies here. The real point is to stop censoring. Writing is really two skills: - Building the habit - Being comfortable editing out things that don't work BTW, the your original post came across clearly and was solidly written. Your prose will come with practice :) Get to it! :D Edit: Hilariously, this is also on the front page now, https://goinswriter.com/write-drunk/ but t…
Comment linking /write-drunk/
on “A blogging style guide”Submitted “Write Drunk, Edit Sober” Is Bad Advice as a story · 37 points
HN discussionWrite To Done ( http://writetodone.com/ ) & Jeff Goins Writer ( http://goinswriter.com/ ) come to mind. Start offering something for FREE - a blog about how to write better for tech startups or ebook on the same topic, or better yet combination of those two. Identify who you write for and have signup form on the blog. Offer free ebook for those who sign up. Build an email list. Establish your authority on your niche…
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on “Ask HN: I want to make money by helping Hackers write better”Submitted Reasons to Travel While You're Young as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Difference Between Good Writers and Bad Writers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Tension (and Relationship) Between Creating and Consuming [2014] as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization (for Humans) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Blogging Every Day Taught Me About Creativity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The End of Blogging (For Me) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What You Get from Giving: The Paradox of Generosity as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What to Do When It’s Your Turn: Interview with Seth Godin as a story · 1 points
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