Ben Riggs
@storiesmatter88.bsky.social
Award-winning writer | Author: “Tell Them a Story” | Writing Coach | Husband | Dad
The efficiency you want from generative AI lives on the far side of the effort to play to its strengths and understand its vulnerabilities.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The efficiency you want from generative AI lives on the far side of the effort to play to its strengths and understand its vulnerabilities.
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#generativeAI #linkedin #writing #writingcommunity
December 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"Living is the trick. Writers who write interestingly tend to be men and women who keep themselves interested." – William Zinsser, "On Writing Well”
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February 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Living is the trick. Writers who write interestingly tend to be men and women who keep themselves interested." – William Zinsser, "On Writing Well”
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One of our most popular virtual events this year was on life and career after journalism. Because even if you step away from the industry, we still care about your success! This was a lovely way for journalists to help one another. www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2024/li...
There is life and a career after journalism: Panelists share 9 takeaways — Society for Features Journalism
In a virtual panel discussion, six former journalists shared how to leverage your strengths and pursue a career after leaving journalism. The even was hosted by the Society for Features Journalism.
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December 16, 2024 at 8:20 PM
One of our most popular virtual events this year was on life and career after journalism. Because even if you step away from the industry, we still care about your success! This was a lovely way for journalists to help one another. www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2024/li...
Don't forget, #writing friends:
The loudest lie you'll hear in your head as you read other writers’ work is that they knew exactly what and how they were going to write it from the start.
They didn't.
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The loudest lie you'll hear in your head as you read other writers’ work is that they knew exactly what and how they were going to write it from the start.
They didn't.
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January 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Don't forget, #writing friends:
The loudest lie you'll hear in your head as you read other writers’ work is that they knew exactly what and how they were going to write it from the start.
They didn't.
#writingcommunity
The loudest lie you'll hear in your head as you read other writers’ work is that they knew exactly what and how they were going to write it from the start.
They didn't.
#writingcommunity
Effective writing is equal parts what you put in and what you take out.
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#writing #storytelling #writingcommunity
January 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Effective writing is equal parts what you put in and what you take out.
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#writing #storytelling #writingcommunity
“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.” - @stephenking.bsky.social in “On Writing”
I have yet to find—or write—a more concise, comprehensive statement about the writing process.
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I have yet to find—or write—a more concise, comprehensive statement about the writing process.
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January 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.” - @stephenking.bsky.social in “On Writing”
I have yet to find—or write—a more concise, comprehensive statement about the writing process.
#writingcommunity #writing
I have yet to find—or write—a more concise, comprehensive statement about the writing process.
#writingcommunity #writing
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The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter began its final journey on Saturday. It will travel to his hometown of Plains, Ga. on his way to the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, with a stop a the Georgia State Capitol along the way. wapo.st/3PIpfX7
January 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter began its final journey on Saturday. It will travel to his hometown of Plains, Ga. on his way to the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, with a stop a the Georgia State Capitol along the way. wapo.st/3PIpfX7
“Every sentence should be tested on the tongue, to make sure that the sound of it has the hardness or softness, the swiftness or languor, which the meaning of it calls for.” - C. S. Lewis
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January 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“Every sentence should be tested on the tongue, to make sure that the sound of it has the hardness or softness, the swiftness or languor, which the meaning of it calls for.” - C. S. Lewis
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#writing #writingcommunity
Writing starts when rewriting begins.
Everything before that was a version of thinking out loud.
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Everything before that was a version of thinking out loud.
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January 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Writing starts when rewriting begins.
Everything before that was a version of thinking out loud.
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Everything before that was a version of thinking out loud.
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“Prose is the residue of decision-making.” - Verlyn Klinkenborg, Several Short Sentences on Writing
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December 31, 2024 at 4:54 PM
“Prose is the residue of decision-making.” - Verlyn Klinkenborg, Several Short Sentences on Writing
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#writing #writingcommunity #storytelling
Much of the bad writing we did yesterday led to the better writing we did today.
And much of the bad writing we did today will lead to the better writing we’ll do tomorrow.
While some of our past writing is, in fact, bad, none of it is, in fact, wasted.
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And much of the bad writing we did today will lead to the better writing we’ll do tomorrow.
While some of our past writing is, in fact, bad, none of it is, in fact, wasted.
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December 31, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Much of the bad writing we did yesterday led to the better writing we did today.
And much of the bad writing we did today will lead to the better writing we’ll do tomorrow.
While some of our past writing is, in fact, bad, none of it is, in fact, wasted.
#writing #writingcommunity #storytelling
And much of the bad writing we did today will lead to the better writing we’ll do tomorrow.
While some of our past writing is, in fact, bad, none of it is, in fact, wasted.
#writing #writingcommunity #storytelling
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Jimmy Carter has passed away. My wife says he was the last decent man in politics.
December 29, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Jimmy Carter has passed away. My wife says he was the last decent man in politics.
Reposted by Ben Riggs
Breaking news: Jimmy Carter, a no-frills and steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to his son. He was 100 and the oldest living U.S. president of all time.
Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says
The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office after one term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.
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December 29, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Breaking news: Jimmy Carter, a no-frills and steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to his son. He was 100 and the oldest living U.S. president of all time.
We underestimate the vulnerability it takes to write just about anything.
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December 28, 2024 at 5:14 PM
We underestimate the vulnerability it takes to write just about anything.
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#writers
#writing
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Remember, writers: Not every piece you write needs to be, let alone feel like, your best writing.
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December 27, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Remember, writers: Not every piece you write needs to be, let alone feel like, your best writing.
#writingcommunity #storytelling #writing
#writingcommunity #storytelling #writing
Prewrite and draft to make meaning.
Rewrite and revise to be understood.
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Rewrite and revise to be understood.
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December 27, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Prewrite and draft to make meaning.
Rewrite and revise to be understood.
#writingcommunity #writing #storytelling
Rewrite and revise to be understood.
#writingcommunity #writing #storytelling