There is a real quick way to sharpen your thinking and get a story out of you head pronto – it involves an editor yelling at you from across the room that you have 15 minutes to hit the send key or he’ll find someone else who can. The adrenalin levels soar and the words flow and you focus on saying what you have to say because you have no choice. Some of your...
Read MoreI pledge to you that I will never Tweet about what I had for breakfast or that I’m stuck in the longest line in the Target and the guy in front actually managed to pick up the only two lawn chairs without a price tag forcing the need for a ridiculously long price check. Why would you care anyway? In fact, why would you care about anything on Twitter? Honestly,...
Read MoreI have a secret to share with you. Good writing is hard – really hard. I’ve heard from many people who think they’re not good writers. They think this because they find it difficult to write, or because they read what they’ve written and they don’t like it. Neither of these are an indication that a person is a bad writer. In fact, they are two very good signs of...
Read MoreI often here from people that they’ve launched a blog but they’re not updating it as often as they think they should. I’ve also come across plenty of blogs that haven’t been updated in months. It makes me sad when I see one that was off to a great start and then it just stops. Why does this happen? There are lots of reasonable explanations. We run out of...
Read MoreI ran seven miles this weekend. And while this is the lead in to a writing lesson, I absolutely admit that I’m also bragging a bit. I am not a “runner.” Historically, I have not liked running much, although I have run off and on again over the years. I did it mostly because I knew I should to get/stay fit. I never had high aspirations, however....
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