This week’s podcast is from the Writing Secrets book. My plans have changed for this book. Instead of being part of a bundle, I’ll be launching a Kickstarter for this book. (Why not practice my Kickstartering?) So keep an eye out for that. (Yes, I will learn how to share a link before next week’s […]
This week’s podcast is from the Writing Secrets book, specifically, part of the Preface. A funny thing happened on the way to this recording. I felt as if the words were not quite right. They didn’t sound like me. So I cycled until they did sound like me. Then I realized what had happened. I
This week’s podcast is from the Writing Secrets book. While I did collect all the writing secrets, I did not “just” collect them and stuff them into this book. Instead, I cycled, writing forward for more clarification so they make more sense as a book. Then, I edited them. Yes, I practice what I preach.
My podcast this week is from the Writing Secrets book. (I think this is the last secret, but we will see.) Enjoy! Note: If you read these posts in an RSS reader or via my Feedblitz feed, you might not see the player below the heading “The Podcast.” In that case, please either navigate to
This week’s podcast is from a new book: Nonfiction Writing Secrets: How to Write Better, Finish Faster, and Publish More Often. I had an opportunity to offer an exclusive book in a Storybundle later this spring. Because I use continual planning for my business, I realized I could offer this book. That means I have
I’m not fond of feedback for short nonfiction writing, such as blog posts, for several reasons: Too often, the people who offer feedback are not the ideal reader for that piece. These nice people might be part of a writing community, but not people who want the knowledge they will receive from that piece. That
I’m close to the end of teaching my last Free Your Inner Writer workshop. I started the workshop by challenging everything my students have learned about writing their entire lives. And these last two weeks are where they try to make it all happen. This time in the workshop is where they struggle the most.
Many writers think they need to make a specific piece “perfect” before they can publish it. I do agree that checking your logic and removing typos makes any piece much easier to read. However, these writers trip themselves up on the “perfection” part. If a writer gets stuck on the perfection part, they stop themselves
I reviewed where I was on that product value team post, the one that made me draw a picture. Yes, all 1200 words of it. That’s when I laughed out loud and decided to toss that post in the trash. That would allow me to start fresh. Why? I might be able to salvage the
I’m trying to finish my product value team series. I started what I thought was the next-to-last post. I’m still writing, almost 1200 words later. (1200 words!!) I’m stuck. Clearly not with the words. I got a lot of words. But with the ideas. I’m having trouble expressing what I mean. That’s when I realized