The Cultural Tutor is the online persona of Sheehan Quirke, a writer from England known for his content on art, culture, history, architecture, poetry, and philosophy. He gained popularity with an X (formerly Twitter) account through post threads on anything from science to architectural design to art history. He also runs a weekly newsletter called Areopagus. His content could be called bite-sized classics lessons, which is probably how he took off so quickly.Quirke started The Cultural Tutor after quitting his job at McDonald's to focus on writing every day. He boasts over 1.7 million followers and has published a book (The Cultural Tutor: 49 Lessons You Wish You’d Learned at School).Last year, Quirke sat down with David Perell to talk about writing specifically and what can be valuable about different writing styles. Let's check out what we can learn from their discussion. - YouTube www.youtube.com Don't Let Technology Dictate Your VoiceThe Cultural Tutor warns against letting word processors and spell-checkers homogenize writing style. He used Shakespeare as an example."I copy and pasted a bit of Shakespeare into Microsoft Word. What do you think happened when I did that?"Perell guessed correctly that the program marked the text with grammar and syntax errors. Most of the Cultural Tutor's advice stems from a maximalist vs. minimalist philosophy. However, screenwriting is inherently a minimalist medium. Scripts are blueprints, not finished art forms. They need to be efficient, clear, and formatted correctly so directors, actors, and crew can execute the vision.To update this advice a...
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