Sep 14, 2019
If you started today and learned a new writing rule every day for as long as you live, you still wouldn’t have learned them all. When I say rules, I mean the broadest possible sense of the word: industry wisdom, writing tips, good practices, guidelines on storytelling...
Sep 5, 2019
Everything I know about writing I learned from either: experience, books on the craft, or industry insiders. Blogs have not made my list. And here I am, on a blog of all places, trying to help other writers. The irony of this gave me a solid pause. After much...
Jul 1, 2019
For a lot of writers, acquiring a nagging desire to edit as you write, is one of the growing pains of becoming an experienced wordsmith. It’s completely normal. As you grow, you learn how to spot the difference between writing that’s great and one that’s mediocre....
Jul 23, 2019
Like many others, I started a blog because I was told I needed an online presence, but it took me four months to finally understood why I should want to blog in the first place. You can save yourself some frustration if you think about your “why” before you blog....
Jul 10, 2019
Writers seem to be about the only professionals out there that suffer from an artistic block. To quote the observant Seth Godin, have you ever heard about a surgeon’s block? Or a plumber’s block? Has a stage play ever been canceled because one of the leads lay in bed...
Jul 18, 2019
Once in a while, as you write, you conjure up a sentence so beautiful and perfect it becomes your darling. It stands apart from other sentences. It’s evocative, eloquent, and sharp. Nothing you do could make it any better. There’s only one problem. Once you get down...
