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Another good writing tip:

Resist the urge to be clever. Instead, strive to be clear.

Trying to be clever leads to confusion.

And the second your reader is confused, they're back to TikTok and Netflix.

Dickie Bush

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Dickie Bush, a former BlackRock hedge fund trader and Princeton graduate, became a leading figure in online writing and digital entrepreneurship. He co-founded Ship 30 for 30 with Nicolas Cole, a popular 30-day writing program that has served over 10,000 participants, and runs the Premium Ghostwriting Academy while sharing insights on audience building and atomic essays through his Substack and X.

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