Read moreWrite. Start writing today. Start writing right now. Don’t write it right, just write it—and then make it right later. Give yourself the mental freedom to enjoy the process, because the process of writing is a long one. Be wary of “writing rules” and advice. Do it your way.
―Tara Moss
B4B Review: Essentialism by Greg McKeown—”Less Is Better”
Is the secret to accomplishing more doing less? Greg McKeown believes that it is. In fact, he believes it so much that he wrote Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less to prove it—and the book makes his point pretty well. The premise of Essentialism is...What’s your writing process?
This reminded me very much about how I got started writing. Check out what Dustin Lance Black has to say about the process. What I really like is that he goes so old school with his organization. Sometimes it’s important to be tactile. White boards, index cards,...
The 7 benefits of good editors (part one)
What good is an editor? I hate to admit it, but even as an editor and writer myself, I think it’s a valid question. Editors are expensive. In the overall process of traditional publishing, I wouldn’t be surprised if the editorial portion of the cost of a book didn’t...Read moreI have advice for people who want to write.
I don’t care whether they’re 5 or 500.
There are three things that are important:First,
if you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you. Where you just put down what you think about life, what you think about things, what you think is fair and what you think is unfair.And second,
you need to read. You can’t be a writer if you’re not a reader. It’s the great writers who teach us how to write.The third thing
is to write. Just write a little bit every day. Even if it’s for only half an hour—write, write, write.―Madeleine L’Engle
Read moreBeing a good writer is about more than writing.
Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking.
Great writers know how to communicate.
They make things easy to understand.
They can put themselves in somebody else’s shoes.
They know what to omit….Writing is today’s currency for good ideas.
—Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
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