Blog content writers can take a tip or three from the laminated student guide “Writing Tips & Tricks” by quickstudy.com that I found on a carousel at the FedEx store. One idea stressed in the guide that definitely bears repeating is how important it is to use the active voice in writing. “Passive voice occurs […]
The laminated student guide “Writing Tips & Tricks” by quickstudy.com I found on a carousel at the FedEx store might have been made to order for my Say It For You corporate blogging training sessions. This week, I’m devoting my blog-about-blogging to sharing scraps of wisdom from that guide. “Ask yourself what you want the […]
It takes a great opener to fan the flicker of a reader’s interest into a flame, so, in blogging for business, I teach, opening lines are key. In fact, openers are key in all kinds of writing, as quickstudy.com’s “Writing Tips & Tricks” points out. Their thesis statement, Quick Study explains to students, will set […]
When the setting becomes the story, that’s an “uh-oh”, Writer’s Digest’s Larry Brooks cautions historical novelists. “If your narrative is composed primarily of a series of moments and happenings…then your middle pages may already be asleep as a result.” Books grounded in rich historical settings can lead to wonderful stories, Brooks concedes, but (and here’s […]
You can build a career as an author by playing to your strengths and going at your own pace, Writer’s Digest editor Jessica Strawser advises. That’s excellent advice for us business blog content writers as well, I’d say, but there’s an extra step involved for us. That’s because we’re playing not only to our own […]
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