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Franklin's Writing Secrets
Franklin's Writing Secrets
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Write concisely, clearly and very simply!
A writing class from a great writer who led America for 300 years

From an uneducated printer to a bestselling author
On becoming the author of Harvard University's first required reading book
On becoming America's father

“All of this is thanks to honing my writing skills.”

'Simply, clearly, and simply.' The spirit that founded, shaped, and guided America for 300 years stemmed from Franklin's principles of writing.
Franklin aimed to write for everyone and to be powerful.
The thinking, logic, expression, and various writing know-how and methods that we are learning now originate from Franklin's writing method.
It is truly the origin of all writing.


《Franklin's Writing Secrets》 is a book compiled by Song Sook-hee, a leading writing expert and writing coach in Korea, that contains Benjamin Franklin's writing secrets and practice methods.
From Franklin's writing principles, which are still valid 300 years later, to writing practice methods, it is explained with various examples so that anyone can easily follow it.
Additionally, at the end of each chapter, anecdotes about Franklin's writing are introduced to help readers better understand his writing spirit.

Franklin was concerned with who to write for, how to write, what to write, and why to write.
And I practiced to be able to use these elements.
At this time, I practiced how to develop my writing skills, such as how to select and read well-written texts, how to analyze them, how to summarize them, how to rewrite them in my own words, how to outline the text and rewrite it, and how to give feedback.
This has enabled me to write persuasive essays that are concise yet clear in their logic and main points, and use simple expressions.

Through this book, you can make Franklin's writing attitude and secrets, which created America, your own.
Anyone can write a piece that can be read and understood in one sitting, a piece that has great impact and influence.
If you've been putting off practicing your writing skills with excuses like time and money, if you want to write well but don't know where to start, or if you've been worried that no one is paying attention to your writing, focus on Franklin's writing secrets.
This book will be your writing textbook.
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If you were born to learn only one thing, it would be writing.
Who was Benjamin Franklin? A storyteller who wrote well and lived well.

Chapter 1: Who Are You Writing For? _Writing Principles

Two things you need for writing: yourself and time.
Writing has style, and style has principles.
Writing guidelines that haven't changed in 300 years since Franklin
One thing Franklin made sure to check after writing
To give people only useful articles
The Pennsylvania family had only two books.
The Immutable Laws of Readable Writing
Scientifically Proven Writing Practice Loop

The Story of Benjamin Franklin: Printer, Faceless Bestselling Author, and Bookseller

Chapter 2: How to Write? _Writing Practice

Three Conditions and Five Elements of a Readable Text
Just consciously repeat step 3.
Read the proper text first
Whether you write well or not, the next question is whether you wrote it properly.
Seven Questions and Answers for Writing Well
The weaknesses of my writing are revealed after I rewrite it.
Find a sample and replace it
Change without missing what was intended
Erase everything except the core.
A text without a framework is prone to collapse.
The Six Harmonies are a mental grammar.
If you want to write a complete sentence, dissect it.
There are no words or symbols used without a reason.
The characteristics of a piece of writing that you read from beginning to end
Write a piece that conveys 100 words in one sentence.
If you want to write about someone else's thoughts, be clear about it.
Complete a readable essay.

The Benjamin Franklin Story: Why Franklin, a Chess Genius, Fails at Chess

Chapter 3: What to Write? _Writing Sense

The real reason why your sentence structure and vocabulary remain the same even when you try desperately to write.
The only way to develop a sense of writing and cultivate an eye for it
My writing is also determined by my mentor's writing.
Which writing should I use as a mentor?
Don't lose control of your writing practice.
The Difference Between Bartleby's Writing and Franklin's Writing
A person who reads well is a person who writes well.

The Story of Benjamin Franklin: The Brilliant Young Man Who Almost Got into Harvard

Chapter 4: Why Write? _Writing Attitude

The ultimate goal of the Franklin Writing Practice Method
Writing can't be taught
Why is writing so difficult to learn properly?
The most effective feedback method
Check if your writing is effective
A writing routine that lasts a lifetime once learned
One hour a day is enough, no more, no less.

Benjamin Franklin's Story: Become a Writer Once in Your Life

In conclusion, reading and writing are powerful forces that will bring miracles to you.

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The key to Franklin's writing practice method is not 'how much you practice'.
'How correctly did you practice?'
It refers to consciously practicing with intention to produce meaningful results.
Franklin's correct method was to 'analyze, imitate, and surpass the best.'
This writing practice, devised and tried by Franklin around 1718, has continued to prove itself to be an extremely desirable method some 300 years later.
---From "Two Things You Need for Writing: Yourself and Time"

These are the writing rules that Franklin learned and created on his own, and which have not changed even to this day.


The writing is written in a way that is worth reading.
The writing is written so that it reads smoothly.

The writing is concise and clear.

---From "Writing Guidelines That Have Not Changed in 300 Years Since Franklin"

In writing, 'how to connect with the reader' is as important as 'how to write sentences or content'.
Writing that is well-read is possible when you consider and consider the reader's interests and reading environment.
Franklin wrote 'concisely and clearly' about 'what is useful to the reader.'
As a result, it was praised for being a smooth read and for its elegant writing.
---From "One thing Franklin always checked after writing"

The criteria for well-written and poorly-written writing are largely subjective.
But it's not difficult to tell which texts are written correctly.
A newspaper column is a well-written piece of writing, regardless of whether it is well-written or not.
Newspaper columns have a high 'meaning content' because they have to write persuasive articles in a limited amount of space.
It is the most refined writing, expressing only what is absolutely necessary to convey the meaning.
Texts with high meaning content can be read quickly and accurately even with less writing.

---From "Whether you write well or not, the next question is whether you wrote it properly"

A text that is not easy to read has too many words.
It is not clear what you want to say in writing.
It can't be helped because it's just a collection of good ideas and a bunch of random thoughts without a core framework.
It looks like writing because it is filled with words, but it is not writing because it does not achieve the intention of writing.
People who are good at writing write easily, and people who are good at writing start by establishing the outline, the skeleton, of the writing.
Then fill in the space created by the skeleton with relevant content.
---From "A text without a framework is prone to collapse"

Not many people write complete sentences with sentence elements.
I think it's because of the Korean language's characteristic of conveying meaning even when sentence elements are omitted, but also because they don't know that writing complete sentences is the most important rule in writing.
To write something worth reading, you need to write complete sentences.
This is the most important rule in writing.
---From "If you want to write a complete sentence, dissect it"

While materials play a crucial role in writing, simply piecing together bits and pieces from various sources can be counterproductive.
When the writer's thoughts and the material's thoughts become entangled, confusion arises in the message the text is trying to convey.
The art of citing data to enhance the persuasive power of your writing requires a fairly sophisticated level of cognitive ability.
This is because it requires not only data collection skills and writing skills, but also reading comprehension, analytical skills, and reasoning skills.
---From "If you want to write someone else's thoughts, be clear"

Many people argue or believe that the talent for writing is innate.
I don't think so.
Most of the writing we have to do in our work and life is not in the realm of language arts that requires extraordinary talent.
It's all about getting to the point quickly and creating meaningful results as intended.
You don't need any talent for this kind of writing.
It is sufficient if it is a 'skill' that can be acquired sufficiently through practice.
---From "The Only Way to Develop Your Writing Sense and Eye for Writing"

Munger decides to sell one hour of his day, the most precious thing to him.
An hour early in the morning.
Instead of selling yourself unsold time or leftover time, sell yourself the most energetic and expensive time of the day.
And then we decide to sell the remaining time to customers.
What he did with the expensive time he bought was read books.
After reading thousands of books for an hour a day for years, I began to see how different fields of knowledge interacted with each other and how knowledge and money worked together in complex ways.
Thanks to his studies through reading books, he remained active as a world-class investor until his death at the age of 99.

---From "One hour a day is enough, no more, no less"

Short and powerful, short and powerful texts can be lengthened with serious thinking skills.
But in a world surrounded by smartphones and short-form videos, the ability to think deeply has no place.
Yet, as problems become increasingly complex and we face unprecedented challenges, decision-making must rely on deep thinking to understand, assess, and find solutions.
This kind of thinking would be impossible without the tool of writing.
This is why, in this age of AI, we are summoning Benjamin Franklin, who lived in the 18th century.
---From “Reading and writing are powerful forces that will bring you miracles”

Publisher's Review
Leading America for 300 years
Writing Classes from Great Writers
From an uneducated printer to a bestselling author
Becoming the author of Harvard University's first required reading book
On becoming America's father

“All of this is thanks to the practice of writing.”

Franklin was an uneducated printer who had only attended school for two years.
It is his writing ability that makes him one of America's greatest writers and a classic of writing.
He realized the power of writing early on while working in a printing house.
However, he was worried because he had no place to learn how to write, so he practiced writing on his own by copying the best-selling magazines at the time.
In this process, Franklin's goal became 'writing something worth reading', and to do so, he believed that he had to write concisely, clearly, and easily.
This is Franklin's writing secret that has been passed down for 300 years.

《Franklin's Writing Method》 is a book written by Song Sook-hee, Korea's leading writing expert, analyzing and organizing the writings and life of Benjamin Franklin, the father of all writing methods and an icon of self-development.
From Franklin's writing principles to writing practice methods, this book is designed to help anyone develop their writing skills on their own.
It also helps you understand easily by providing examples of sentences that are actually used.


Franklin was more focused on writing than anyone else, to the point where he said all his achievements were thanks to writing.
And the secret to writing that he discovered remains valid even after 300 years.
If you're struggling with your writing or want to improve your writing, focus on the Franklin Writing Practice Method.
We will give you directions on how to practice.


From articles that immediately grab your attention to articles that take a long time to read.
3 Steps to Writing with Thinking, Expressive, and Persuasive Power

★ Watch

Observation is the process of selecting a well-written piece of writing, reading it carefully, analyzing it, and studying it.
When choosing a piece to imitate, it should contain the writing style or technique you want to learn.
This way, you can acquire the various writing methods I used and make them your own.
At this time, it is important to carefully read the text you want to copy, take note of the main points, key words, and sentences in the text, and figure out how the thoughts develop.
During this process, you may read the text multiple times until you fully understand its message, structure, content, and style.


I usually have a hard time deciding which article to choose, but I recommend newspaper columns.
Newspapers are the best writing to imitate because they are written in a maximum of 1,500 characters and clearly state the argument.


★ Follow along

To follow along, you summarize and rewrite the text you selected earlier, that is, the best text.
At this time, summarize paragraphs or sentences or leave only simple hints, then close the text and rewrite it.
In this process, you can acquire writing skills in various ways, such as changing the structure of the text, changing words, and reducing the length.
What you need to be careful about here is that you do not just memorize the original text, but rewrite it using your own words and expressions.
This way, you can develop the ability to write persuasively, such as by clearly communicating what you want to say and structuring the content concisely yet systematically, which are the characteristics of a well-read and readable piece of writing.


★ Improve

Improving is the process of comparing the original text with the practiced text and making corrections.
No matter how hard you work on the first two steps, if there is no feedback, you will only remember the effort and it will be difficult to achieve meaningful results from deliberate practice.
Therefore, by carefully comparing and reviewing the original text in various aspects, such as structure, expression, and content, you can find flaws in your own writing.
One way to do this is to read the revised text out loud to find any awkward parts or show it to people around you.

Concisely and clearly
Write it very easily!

Writings related to Franklin or written by him, such as "The Autobiography of Franklin" and "The Way to Get Rich," are still read by many people even after 300 years.
His writing, which has remained unchanged for a long time, is concise, clear, and at the same time systematic, making it easy for readers to understand.


Moreover, in an era where images and short videos dominate YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, and generative AI writes everything, it may seem like there is no place for text, but in fact, writing skills are even more in demand.
This is because you need to write something that can captivate people in a short period of time, you need the expressive power to convey all your intentions in a short piece, and you need the critical thinking skills to be able to judge the writing that AI has written.
That's why we need Franklin.

This book contains all the Franklin writing style and practices needed today, which require concise, clear, and easily understandable writing skills for everyone.
Additionally, if you have mastered the Franklin method, it explains how to develop a writing sense and what attitude to have when writing.


Through this book, you can internalize the writing skills and attitude of Franklin, who led America for the past 300 years, and anyone can write what they want.
If you've been wondering where to start learning to write, if you've been putting it off for a while with excuses like time and money, or if you've had trouble expressing yourself through writing, let's follow Franklin's practice step by step.
At some point, you will develop the ability to think, express yourself, and persuade, and you will be able to write influential pieces.
This book will serve as your writing textbook.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: December 18, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 252 pages | 390g | 142*210*15mm
- ISBN13: 9791171830732
- ISBN10: 1171830734

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