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
Rework
What is the secret to great writing?
This secret could be the key to you writing that book you have had an idea for for so many years. At the same time, this, quite possibly, is one of the worst-kept secrets about writing. It is so obvious most people miss it. (In fact, you will probably laugh when I...
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