7 Fundamentals of Writing

Simple Ideas, Deeply Understood

Michael Stover
The Startup
Published in
7 min readJul 1, 2020

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Back when I was still part-time freelance writing and editing, I worked days with middle school math students. Now math has come a long way since I was in middle school back in the early 80s, but one thing hasn’t changed: the importance of practicing the fundamentals.

Math is one of those subjects that just takes practice. Learn the formulas and rules to work computations correctly, assess the problem before you, and apply the correct set of rules, following the steps exactly the same every single time, and you will arrive at the correct solution. If only life were so simple.

But aren’t most things, even complicated things, based on simple fundamental principles that, when mastered, bring success?

Aren’t most things based on fundamental principles that, when mastered, bring success?

Starting with the Fundamentals

In July 1961, the Green Bay Packers football team was assembled for the first day of summer training camp. The prior season had ended with a heartbreaking defeat when the Packers had lost the NFL Championship to the Philadelphia Eagles.

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