Use Real Words
A couple of years ago during an all-out brother war at our house – a war in which both boys had contributed their fair share of the strife – I was trying to broker peace by explaining the role each had played.
Thou Shalt Know Thy Audience
The advice to “know your audience” has become so essential to the writing process, so revered by the writing advice-givers, that it should probably be memorialized in granite at the Writing Advice Hall of Fame (if there were such a place).
Almost Famous: Who Am I Trying to Become?
I used to be famous. Back when I worked as a reporter for my hometown newspaper just after college, my daily front page stories garnered quite a reputation for me. I would be grocery shopping or attending church or covering another public event, and people would come up to me and …
Who Is This For? Writing for the Audience I Have
Most of the time when I sit down to write a blog post, I start with an idea in mind. Often, it’s an idea that’s been knocking around in my noggin for weeks. My #wordoftheweek posts have only slightly more urgency to them. They spring from ideas that have been in my mind for a few days, …
Read and Respond: To a Reader
Welcome, reader. Though I don’t always acknowledge you, I know you are there, just a few of you, and I want to say how very happy I am that you are reading. You are a big and growing part of why I write. Some days, it may not seem that way. I feel the same way. Some...
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