Tag: Writing Etc.

Hello Writing Etc. Subscriber! We spend our entire careers banishing passive verbs. “Great writing is ultra-specific,” we repeatedly hear. Heck, I’ve told my coaching students the same thing on more… Read more »

Hello Writing Etc. Subscriber! Happy new year! I think it’s going to be a good one. However, as a freelancer, if you don’t write more, you won’t sell more, you… Read more »

Hello Writing Etc. Subscriber! My last issue generated a fair amount of feedback. Some eagle eyed readers caught a grammo, others took issue with part of the message. This email… Read more »

Hello Writing Etc. Subscriber! Happy December, welcome to the crazy holiday season. You may have noticed that I didn’t send out a second issue of Writing Etc. last month. I… Read more »

Hey Writing Etc. Subscriber, Turns out I stirred up a few questions after my last issue of Writing Etc. That’s fine. I adore questions. Questions are the lifeblood of this… Read more »

Hey Writing Etc. Subscriber, It’s funny how once I’ve figured out my writing career and where I want it to go, reality rears its head, blows me off track, and… Read more »

Hey Writing Etc. Subscriber, I get e-mail. Lots of it. But the ones I find particularly interesting are from the folks leaving the Writing Etc. list. I find their e-mail… Read more »

Hey Writing Etc. Subscriber, I’m mounting my high horse today. I don’t do this often, but here goes. You’ve been warned. 🙂 I dislike Facebook. Drives me nuts. In what… Read more »

Aside from solid writing, it’s very important to get into the head of your reader, know your product, become an expert on everything in your reader’s world. If you’re selling… Read more »

Hey Writing Etc. Subscriber, Last time we talked about how to stay on track. Today we’re talking reading. When did writers stop reading? OK. Let me rephrase that: When did… Read more »