How writing makes you smarter: A Monday thread.

1. Writing is a neuron-pumping activity that challenges your brain to translate shapeless ideas into logical, syntax-conforming sentences.

It’s mental gymnastics when you have to take a fuzzy concept and transform it into words.

2. It changes your vocabulary, as you have to find the right words that match up to your ideas.

3. It changes the way you speak, as it forces you to work on sentence structure, composition, and general idea communication...which informs the way you sound OFF the page as well.

4. It helps you understand yourself better, as you get to see your ideas translate from a vague concept inside your head to words and phrases on a page.

It forces you to externalize your inner monologue.

5. It strengthens your logos.

In Rhetoric, logos = logic.

As you write down your ideas, you’ll fine-tune how to logically present ideas as you sort through translating your thoughts into words.

5. (cont) If you think of an invisible reader as you write, you’ll be driven to write convincingly with logic-driven structure.

Again, you’ll challenge yourself to make sense of things, rather than leaving ideas as gray, ambiguous concepts inside your head.

6. So here’s my challenge for you:

I want you to set aside 15 minutes once a week to open up a notebook (or Google Doc) and write about an idea you have.

Pick something you’re really interested in or passionate about, and then explain why.

7. There are no grades.

No comment section for people to say, “Yeah, BUT…”
This is your mental exercise.

Try it out. Maybe even make it a weekly thing.

I think you’ll be surprised by all you get from it.

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