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Writing Instructions to Improve Your Writing Skills
Writing I recently covered improving non-fiction writing through the use of studying fiction structure. Today, I’d like to continue with another writing style; writing instructions. Your website may not be a how-to website, but writing out instructions can help you hone your writing skills in general. Writing instructions includes giving step-by-step details of how to do something, procedures to follow, operating machinery, or a computer, etc. ...
Continue readingUsing Fiction Writing to Improve Your Non-Fiction Writing
Writing There are many writers out there who write fiction and non-fiction alike. In the fiction world we follow a basic story structure. I’m no authority on that. If you’re interested in learning about it in depth, please visit Larry Brooks at Storyfix.com. He is a wealth of information on the topic. Learning other how-to methods when it comes to writing can only help you hone your craft. Fiction writers should study non-fiction writing. ...
Continue readingTop Five Tips to be Successful
Writing I’ve read several books in my time on being successful and personal development. There are a few things that are repeated in most of them. They must be important. I want to share with you the ones that stand out to me the most. These principles can be applied to any area of your life that you want to be successful. If you want to build a successful blog or online business, publish fiction, get more freelance clients, be a professional ...
Continue readingStaying Motivated
Writing You’ve started off with a bang, your sizzle has turned to fizzle–what do you do? You get motivated! Most people start a new project on cloud nine and spend as much time as possible working on the new project, but soon the new-ness and glory begin to fade causing you to lose hope perhaps–it’s just not as fun or as appealing as it once was. It doesn’t mean you’ve lost your passion–it just means you need to ...
Continue readingYou’re Not Too Old Until You Think You’re Too Old
Writing I’m going to divulge a little secret today–I’m almost 43 and it’s still my dream to publish a novel. After I passed the mid-twenties mark I thought of myself as too old and I thought that for many years. One day it dawned on me that a person isn’t too old until they think they’re too old. So while I’m a late bloomer in the novel publishing world, I don’t consider myself too old anymore. I’ve ...
Continue readingLong Copy vs. Short Copy
Writing I don’t consider myself a copywriter, but over the years, in considering this aspect of my writing career, there’s been the debate of long copy versus short copy. My personal preference for reading (or even writing) copy is that it be short and to the point. The advertising industry still claims that long copy is best for overall sales. I find this kind of confusing actually. In the blogging world we’re told to write short, ...
Continue readingAre Bloggers Steering the Business Model Back to the Character Ethic?
Writing The following is an article I started in 2006. I’ve been cleaning out old files recently and came across this. I am leaving it as is but would like to share some thoughts at the end on how I feel that blogging as a business has turned the tables around. “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” Albert Einstein From the book, “Seven Habits of Highly ...
Continue readingA Few Tips on Finding New Clients in the Freelance World
Writing One of the biggest challenges a person faces in the freelance world is finding new clients. This holds true whether you are a freelance writer or a freelance web developer and designer. Having repeat customers is a nice way to ensure you have steady income, but if you want to increase your income you have to constantly be on the look-out for new clients. Many freelancers become overwhelmed at the thought of pursuing new clients. They ...
Continue readingStart Up, Action Plans & Getting Where You’re Going
Blogging The majority of websites and blogs revolve around one thing—making money—whether it’s directly or indirectly. An example of a website trying to make money directly is one that sells products (tangible products, informational products, etc.) An example of a site being used to make money indirectly would be sites like writer’s portfolios—most sites on writing are a way to make money indirectly by building your online presence and ...
Continue readingIs Building a Tribe That Important?
Blogging I ask this question in the subject line because I’m not sure I know the answer. Most blog posts should give something to the reader, but I’m going to step out of the box here and ask for the reader’s advice and opinion. It’s been my experience that if the writer (blogger) doesn’t know the answer—the readers will. I’ve recently written an article for another website about building a tribe. The research I ...
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