WritingThoughts

The real truth is that even the very best writers need down time. We need time to recharge our engines. We need time to update our skills and learn how to hone our craft. We need time to spend with our friends and families. If we really do need down time, why do so many […]

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This is a question that I’ve been mulling over for the past month or so, ever since it came up in a discussion with a colleague. I currently (as of 2008) wear two hats. I blog (not only here, but also at Business and Blogging, Freelance Folder, OpinionMom, and Work From Home Momma). I write/edit […]

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When I was asked to review How To Say It (R) Business Writing That Works: The Simple, 10-Step Target Outline System to Help you Reach Your Bottom Line by Adina Rishe Gerwitz for this blog, naturally I said “yes.” One question that I get asked a lot is: “how can I learn to write like […]

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After a week of using Twitter, I thought that I’d publish my first impressions of the media. (This is NOT my conclusions about whether or not Twitter is useful as a business tool, which I’ll publish later in the month on Business and Blogging. Rather, this is a description of my initial experiences.) 1st Day […]

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By Dana Hanley I have always wanted to write. Not necessarily professionally, nor as a dependable income, but as a creative outlet and means of sharing my thoughts. I used to fill notebooks with half-written essays, outlines of research articles and openings to stories and an occasional poem scratched in between. Then I discovered blogging. […]

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For the past few weeks I’ve been playing with the Advanced Marketing Institute’s Free Headline Analyzer to see if it can help me to create more effective headlines for my blog posts. (I wish I remembered for sure where I originally saw this tool, but it’s one of those links that I bookmarked ages ago […]

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I found this nifty website grader over at Chris’s blog. Here’s my results: (Edited to remove link since it no longer works.) I think this is pretty good, considering that studies show that must adults read at a seventh to ninth grade level. (That means that most people should be able to read and understand […]

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There have been a lot of posts about writing captivating headings. I’ve even written about the importance of headlines myself. It’s true, headlines are very important for capturing the attention of your reader – especially on the web. It’s not true, however, that the heading is the only important thing about your article or post, […]

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Okay, it wasn’t the dog. It was the computer. I had today’s post all neatly outlined yesterday when the computer crashed. Now, I’m in the situation of having to come up with a post, get a shower, and get myself in the car to pick my kids up from school on an early release date […]

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