# Pamela Hodges - Writing Lessons From Benjamin Franklin (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/33301889) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Pamela Hodges]] **Full Title**:: Writing Lessons From Benjamin Franklin **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [thewritepractice.com](https://thewritepractice.com/writing-lessons-benjamin-franklin/) **Host**:: [[thewritepractice.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-10-18]] **Created**:: [[2023-10-19]] ## Highlights - The Franklin Five-step Step One: Find writing you would like to emulate. Step Two: Make short notes about the view or opinion of each sentence. Step Three: Wait a few days, and then write a piece only using your notes on each sentence. Step Four: Go back and read the original writing selection you chose and compare it to the writing you did. Step Five: Find any faults, and correct them. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hd0v5ysma2xc2evqdepmgf39)) ^612313672 - Another way is to use a sample of writing as a model for your own work. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hd0v7sgenqekn1taqqfejwtv)) ^612313744