Here’s a question: Is a book always a book? If you’re an entrepreneur writing a how-to book for your clients, the answer might well be no.
This is exciting. Not one, not two, but fifteen of today's top entrepreneurs took time out of their busy schedules to tell me their top writing tips, so I could share them with you.
This is exciting. Not one, not two, but fifteen of today's top entrepreneurs took time out of their busy schedules to tell me their top writing tips, so I could share them with you.
Some lucky souls don't have to brainstorm blog post ideas. Their ideas come freely, like little gifts wrapped in pink ribbon dropped from the gods of the internet into their waiting Evernote files. I’ll admit, I’m usually one of those lucky souls. Please don’t hate me for it. But if you’ve been left off the internet-gods’ gift list, don’t worry.
Last week I shared this video of writing and editing a blog post, from an idea saved in my ideas bank. The ideas bank started after a really stupid amount of morphine muddled my brain, helping me become a better blogger.
Ever feel like your family and friends don’t understand what you do? You’ve explained your business countless times, but they still don’t get it. That other moms ask you to pick the kids up because, well, you’re just at home all day. Crazy Aunt Edna asks when you’ll get a “real job.”
My journalism professor used to prowl the classroom as we hunched over our desks proofreading our crappy first drafts. At least seven foot tall (as I remember), he dwarfed me. I’m only five foot one. Still, I’d catch the morning sun glinting off his bald egg-head as I waited for the giant's daily proclamation…
When you follow these tips to proofread your writing, you need a system to easily mark up the errors you find. Having standard proofreading marks you can use quickly, that always make sense, will help you find your groove to proofread your work faster and more accurately.
In the last post, we talked about why it's important to proofread your writing, and why it's so damn hard to do. If you haven't already, go read that first. The trick for proofreading is to change the way you see your writing so your brain approaches it as something new. Reading something “new” will then slow your brain.
Good writing is good for business. It shows you’re a pro. It shows you’ve got a brain in your head and are therefore (somewhat) trustworthy. You’re a good investment. And your brain tries really hard to help you out with all that. But when your brain tries to be smart it can be bad news for your blog.
There are so many smart, passionate entrepreneurs putting every part of their being into their business only to (unknowingly) sabotage themselves. Are you one of them?