Hi Everyone,
It’s been a few weeks. After a lot of thinking I’ve decided to focus my writing on a series I call the “Plain English Project.” The ideas behind this series have been living in my head for a decade. I can’t say how happy I am to finally share the first edition: The Case of American Entrepreneurship. Realistically I’ll be publishing a new article every three weeks, maybe sooner.
Full disclosure, this series will be very law-heavy. I will continue to write less-frequent essays on other subjects. I’ll share links to those when I publish them.
With this first post I also want to recommend the book that inspires everything I write: Do I Make Myself Clear, by Harold Evans.
This book always takes me back to the first time I saw White Men Can’t Jump. I was with my brothers, and we were so hyped up at the end, we immediately went outside to play basketball in the streetlight. I get the same feeling when I read Harold Evans write about the writing process. I just want to strap myself down and write.
It’s so inspiring to see Evans take an idea and write it with the same simple beauty as a Steph Curry crossover. While Evans makes writing look easy, he explains why it takes so much invisible effort, and why it is so important for us all to communicate clearly. I strive in my contracts, letters and emails, to write with the same sharp clarity as him.
That’s all for now. As always, let me know when you read something in a newsletter that bumps your heartrate up.
Have a great week!
John
Inspiration is so authentic when conceived. It almost takes flight (air Jordan perhaps?). My patients inspire me much like your writing does for you. Happy Memorial Day broski!
Alright, comparing the writing with a Curry crossover has my attention. I’ll have to check this book out!