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Warm up your writing muscles—or break through a block—with a fun exercise. Here it is for today: Write a few paragraphs about a mundane event, but make it as exciting or emotional as you can. Example: Driving my daughter to school and getting a coffee It all started when they…
Writing radio spots, headlines, blog posts etcetera pays the bills, but does it feed the soul? That implies that my fiction writing DOES feed the soul. And does it? Well, not always, because sometimes my fiction writing is, pardon the expression pure shite! But every once in a while you’ll…
Teenage sloth—let’s celebrate it!
I like many songs by the group America, but these lyrics from A Horse With No Name make me scratch my head: In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain Really? Seriously, it was that hard to find better…
When something is done to someone, that is the passive voice. When you do something to someone, that is the active voice. The active voice is always the best voice to use, because: It is more interesting, because action always is (you’re welcome, Bruce Willis) It uses fewer words It…
I have a wonderful client in Chilliwack Community Services. In many ways it’s a perfect partnership, because I understand and am passionate about what they do, and they see the results of that in the writing I do for them. The passion I feel for their work drives my writing,…
In the ’80s, I was taught to double-space after every period. Don’t do this, people! This convention goes back to a time when typefaces dictated every character occupy the same space—whether it was the letter i or the letter o. Now software programs allow the right amount of space between…
When you’re communicating to staff, customers, vendors or the general public, consider the kind of information you’re sharing and then carefully choose the right tone to convey it. Read this recent article from the Globe Investor on how TD Canada Trust got it wrong.
I found this great article that examines the ethics of having a CEO hire someone to write their blog. You can read it here. I believe anyone signing their name to something should have written it. Blogs by their nature are personal, even when they’re corporate. If you can’t claim…