# Writing tools I learned from The Economist - Built By Words

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## What Jamie wrote

I enjoyed this collection of writing techniques that Soliman learned from [The Economist](https://www.economist.com), and I love the introduction too.

> I learned writing from The Economist. Back home, it wasn’t easy to learn English. No one in my social circle was fluent in the language and I couldn’t afford a private tutor. The best I could do was to create my own syllabus. The kiosk near my house had, to my surprise, the newspaper.

The six techniques as he frames them.

- Getting to it
- Successive Proofs of Evidence
- The first sentence summarizes; the following sentences explain
- Using precise words
- Invoking the past
- Getting with the beat

I've been a longtime reader of The Economist and the writing is a big reason for that.

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