An untold secret on making your writing sing.

Surprise!!!

I know it’s not Sunday, but I got an idea today when I was writing my tweets and threads for next week.

Whenever I write tweets, threads, or newsletters I always ask “What is something that my reader (you) need to know?” And so I wrote a tweet about alliteration.

(When you see it next week, comment door-nail. It’ll be our little inside joke)

But what is alliteration?

Here’s a boring definition I found from a quick Google search:

repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

In human and Gen Z’ers words:

It’s using the same consonant in a phrase.

The reason why I’m telling you this is because I remember when I first started reading tweets from big creators and tried to copy them I always failed.

Their writing sounded 100x better and I didn’t know why. Turns out they were using alliteration.

I’ll be using many examples to help me explain it better.

You might remember them as tongue twisters:

Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Now say them 10 times and say them fast!

Man… these just unlocked childhood memories.

Ahem… back to alliteration.

These tongue twisters are fun and all but they are bad examples.

Why?

The point of alliteration is that you want your sentence to sound smooth and rather subtle.

(I just used alliteration).

I also found a product called “Seven Secrets on Making Your Sentences Sing”

This one has a little symmetry as well to it.

Seven Secrets on Making Your Sentences Sing.

Look, now this doesn’t mean you should be opening the Thesaurus and forcing alliteration.

Overused alliteration looks bad and it beats the whole point of it.

Allow me to repeat myself once more:

Your sentence should sound good without it being obvious why it sounds good.

Here are some tips on alliteration:

• Don’t overdo it.

• Space them out.

• Get creative with it. Alliteration is done in the first letter, but I saw a guy who nailed it and I’m jealous. Here’s what he wrote “It’s often better as it keeps it so much more subtle

This is something I first discovered when I first bought High Impact Writing. There are also many other ways to make your sentences sing but this is only one of them.

Kieran talks about them in his course and he explains them much better than I ever can.

This reminds me… I promised you last time that I’d let you know when Kieran opens the doors to High Impact Writing, didn’t I?

Well, he did!

If you’re serious about attracting an audience (oops I did it again) and building a business around your passion then I’m sure you’ll find High Impact Writing helpful just as I did.

FYI: The course is $397 for now, but it’ll increase to $497 (not sure when).

https://hussainibarra--kierandrew.thrivecart.com/high-impact-writing/

(Btw, grab the subscription upsell. He's not marketing it fully yet but believe me, you won't regret getting ahead of everyone else... I got it myself and it’s amazing. They’re like mini-weekly courses.)

See you on Sunday!

- Hussain