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Writing Advice from the Masters: Natalie Goldberg
Natalie Goldberg is the author of one of the top "how to write" books: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within. Here's a succinct bit of...
4 Ways to Check Readability
It's human nature. We prefer easy to hard. When it comes to reading, we're more likely to keep going when the reading is easy. We're more likely to...
Should I write every day?
Should you write every day? Many experts suggest that you should. Many great writers have written every day. But many have not. There is no “one...
Expanding Your Book
“I have a great idea for a business book, but when I wrote it, I had only 17,000 words. How do I expand to a full-length book?” Jay was frustrated...
Better Writing: Catching Your Own Mistakes
At one point in my checkered career, I was the Director of Development for a seminary. Part of my job was to go out into the highways and byways and...
Taking Stock
The New Year is a great time to take stock of your life and your writing. Here’s how Dan Pink describes this period in his excellent book, When: The...
Better Writing: 5 Easy Tips to Improve Your Writing
If you’re serious about writing well, you probably learned you can always improve. Here are five simple techniques that have worked for me and my...
The Long Game of Writing
I didn't know whether to puke or sit down and have a good cry or both. I was going through some old boxes, and I found manuscripts for a couple of...
3 Little-Used Writer’s Productivity Tools
The writers I know are always looking for a way to improve their output. Here are three things that have worked for me and my clients and will...
