Better Writing

I love bourbon. But I can't imagine myself spending over $1000 for a bottle of it. That’s what a bottle of legendary Pappy Van Winkle 23 costs....

Welcome to the club! Everyone who writes hits a rough patch from time to time. You're sitting there staring at your screen trying to decide what to...

If you’re serious about writing well, you probably learned you can always improve. Here are four simple techniques that have worked for me and my...

If you’ve ever been around a bunch of 6-year-olds, you know they don’t have any trouble coming up with ideas. Ask for ideas and each child becomes a...

When Ben Franklin was in his 20s, he embarked on what he called “the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection.” He made a list of...

I’ve been writing professionally for over half a century. I’ve written articles, books and booklets, blog posts, columns, direct response copy, and...

One of my elementary school readers had a story titled “The Longest Way Around Is Sometimes the Shortest Way Home.” That story comes to mind when I...

I hated spinach when I was a kid. Every time we had it for dinner, I would ask, in the whiniest voice possible, “Do I have to eat my spinach?” My...

There’s plenty of writing tips and advice that show you how to write better. This blog is about some things that will help you as a writer but not...