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Writing in the Workplace: The Open Office

September 14, 2016 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

Every Sunday afternoon, a product marketing manager I know sits down at home to write the blog posts and other written projects that she couldn’t complete the previous week. She steals time from her weekend because she isn’t able to get compose blog posts or articles during the week, in the office. She told me this while we were […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: open office, writing

Feeling Lazy? In a Rush? Lame Reasons to Shortcut the Process

September 7, 2016 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

You’ve got friends coming over at 6pm for dinner, and you want to serve fresh-baked bread. But you didn’t get around to starting the bread until about 4pm. So – what the heck – you decide to shorten the rising time. You knead the dough, shape the loaves, and throw them in the oven. What could […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: The Writer's Process, writing

Writing for Resonance

August 24, 2016 by Anne Janzer 1 Comment

A few years ago, my brother and sister-in-law gave us a beautiful bowl. Although I have always considered the bowl to be lovely, we’d had it for a few years before it revealed its true gift: It sings with me. I’m a classically-trained soprano. When I hit a specific high note in practice, the bowl starts ringing, extending and […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: authors, readers, resonance, Seth Godin, The Writer's Process, writing

Managing the Muse

August 17, 2016 by Anne Janzer 2 Comments

I wake for some unknown reason in the early, still-dark morning. A quick glance at the clock reveals that it’s 5am, so I settle back into bed, willing myself to sleep. I want and need those next two hours of slumber. As I try to resume where I left off, an idea for a blog post pops into […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: creativity, inspiration, Muse, Scribe, writing

Writing Advice for College Students: Beware Academese

August 10, 2016 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

Heading off to college? No matter what your major, you’ll end up having to write at least a few papers or survive Freshman English. My first piece of advice is simple: Beware of Academese “Academese” is the specialized language of academics that belongs in scholarly tomes, not the real world. When writing term papers, you may be tempted […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: academese, academic writing, Richard Thaler, style, writing

Battling Distraction When Writing

August 3, 2016 by Anne Janzer 3 Comments

Remember the talking dogs in the Pixar movie “Up?” If you haven’t seen it, the dogs are outfitted with a device that translates their thoughts and barks into human language so we can hear what’s going on in their heads, to great comic effect. One running joke is that whenever a squirrel is nearby, every other thought vanishes. All of […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: attention, distraction, Muse, Pixar, Scribe, squirrel, Up, Willpower, writing

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