If you've ever written anything longer than a typical blog (800 words of less), you've had to agonize over structure.
Structuring a piece of longform writing is the bane of every writer.
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You've probably heard these terms:
Developmental edit
Line edit
Copy edit
Proofing
Today, I want to explain what a...
Making writing a part of your life is not like running an errand.
It's not as easy (and as emotionally satisfying) as scratching off an item on your to-do list.
Writing is all about...
In this edition of Tipster, we encourage you to journal with a free spirit.
Today, I'm making a very simple point:
When you journal, you are not "writing."
You are not crafting sentences. And...
We all lose steam as we write. The work of writing is mentally exhausting, sometimes crushingly so.
Our tendency is to get about 80% done with our work - whether writing a blog, an article, a book...
This week, our tip comes from Mary Holder Naegeli, one of our Roadtrippers who is preparing to write a book. Mary is a lung cancer survivor, and she tells her story in
In this edition of Tipster, we consider strategic dialogue.
Dialogue is essential to writing an engaging story, whether fiction or nonfiction.
In her book, Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott makes the...
The one writing tip or hack or technique that covers a host of writing sins is this:
Use more dialogue in your writing.
In "Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer," Roy Peter Clark...
I get annoyed with all the hubbub about storytelling. It's the "in" thing in branding, TED Talks, and Master Classes. Every conference has a track on storytelling.
It's one thing to trumpet the...
In this edition of Tipster, we consider the mentality of a writing life versus a writing project.
How you think about writing matters.
I have no scientific data to back this up. But...
In this edition of Tipster, we return to the 'why' of writing.
Why do you write? Or want to write?
Most writers are not full-time writing professionals. They are scientists who write. They are...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the narrative arc, the journey that you, as a writer, take your reader on.
Whether you're writing an article or a book, you begin in one place and take your reader to...
