Writing Productivity Tip #2: Write What You Don’t Know – Yet! Every writer hears the mantra: “Write what you know.” The heck with that. What fun would it be if we only wrote what everyone already knew? Try writing to figure out what you want to know. In other words, Write before you know what you’re […]
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Secrets of Crazy-Productive Writers
Everyone cherishes the image of a tortured writer, laboring long hours, crumpling sheets of paper, drinking in a back room, spiraling into depression. That doesn’t sound like much fun for the writer. I’d rather be someone who writes fluidly and creatively, while engaging with the world, family and friends. A normal person, in other words. […]
Should Authors Narrate Their Own Audiobooks?
One of the rewards of writing a book is that it spurs interesting conversations on the topics of writing and publishing. Since publishing my first book earlier this year, I’ve heard all kinds of questions, including: How long did it take to write the book? How long did the self-publishing process take? How much does it cost […]
Crusading against random Capitalization
by cheesy42 I’m taking a break from marketing-related subjects to launch a campaign against random capitalization in the middle of sentences. It’s a tough job, but apparently someone has to do it. Some subset of the population has a compulsion to capitalize random words for little apparent reason. It’s almost as if they have a memory […]
5 reasons NOT to write like an academic
As schools everywhere are restarting and the latest crop of college graduates settles into new jobs, I thought I’d share a few of the harsh, early business writing lessons I learned on the job. I was an English major. When I entered the business world, I quickly found that what worked so well for me […]