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8 Writing Rules for Entrepreneurs Writing well is part habit, part knowledge and part giving a damn.

By Ann Handley

This story appears in the October 2014 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »

There are two kinds of people: Those who think they can write, and those who think they can't. Very often, both are wrong. The truth is this: Writing well is part habit, part knowledge and part giving a damn.

But, you may be asking, who cares about writing anymore? In a world dominated by the short and snappy--click-bait headlines, tweets, Instagram, GIFs, Vine, Snapchat and YOLO and LOL--it might seem pedantic to focus on quality writing.

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