Do you have what it takes to be a writer?

From an offline LinkedIn conversation with an aspiring writer:

Them: “I'm not a writer, it's not my job, and I didn't even take English in high school. And I don't know what the rules of writing are.”

Me: “Not taking English in high school and not knowing  the rules of writing can keep you delightfully unencumbered for true communication.”

The Bottom Line: The rules of grammar and punctuation are important. But the ability to communicate the message in a clear, concise, and compelling way is more important.

We’ve had it educated out of us in grammar school, university, and god help you if you’ve been to a business school. You end up writing in a way no one can understand. – Nick Usborne

When a thought takes one’s breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence. – Thomas W. Higginson

Like authors, creative copywriters have a license to do whatever the hell they want with grammar. They’re well within their rights to spell things wrong if it makes a point, abandon grammar altogether when necessary, and even make the grammar worse for the sake of a catchy line. – Clare Barry

Copywriting is about broad strokes and the linking of strategic and persuasive ideas, not minutia grammar or spelling. – Alexandra Cattoni

When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, ”No. I went to films.” – Quenton Tarantino

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