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You Can’t Make People Read Your Writing
Enhancing engagement by understanding your readers’ needs The harsh truth: forcing readers doesn’t work You can’t force readers to care about what you’ve written. I mean, we live in a world that’s full of content waiting for someone to read it. We are constantly sent information to read in our emails and on our browser…
Unpacking the Overload of Writing Tips: Approaching writing advice without feeling overwhelmed
Let me start by reinforcing that writing advice never grows old. There’s always something to learn. I have written about advice often enough that even I reached a point where I wondered if readers might want to keep scrolling through the lines. There are always lessons and new tips to take away, regardless of how…
Authentic Storytelling Enhances Your Ability to Succeed: don’t underestimate the power of the human connection
Be human. When I read an article, I’m looking for you, the writer, to make a connection with me, the reader. If you want to sell me on a newsletter, a product, or an idea, there must be some level of authenticity in your language. I’m not looking for you to sell me a car,…
Methods to Spark Interest Among Your Readers On Any Platform: Putting Yourself in Your Readers’ Shoes for Better Writing
You can’t solely think about the topics that would only interest you, right? You must ask yourself what readers… your potential readers… might want to read. Who is your reading audience? Writers, first and foremost, it’s necessary to make an impact on your readers so they’ll come back for more. It’s so critical to engage…
Writers Turn to Clickbait Because it’s Hard to Get Your Attention
Taylor Swift…there, I did it too…read on Instead of using clickbait, why not use clickpromise? After all, you want to deliver what you’re promising in your headline, right? Clickbait has been around for a long time We writers all have something to say or a story to tell. Stop baiting for readers and promise them…
Even If I Had to Milk Cows Daily, I’d Still Leave the Barn for Words
I can’t imagine not being a writer Words are part of our lives, no matter what we do. They come out of our mouths and sometimes without a lot of forethought. Words have unique sounds and we capture them with creative phrases in poems, thought-provoking sentences, or paragraphs. We sometimes even have to read words…
Writer, Find Your Mountain
Climb with the right words at the right time I suppose my love of words began as a child embracing the words of Dr. Seuss. Expressing one’s self has always been significant to me. When I was 16, I was tasked to write a short story for an English class taught by Mrs. Johnson. I had…
Why We Write: It’s a Calling
From journaling to storytelling to publishing We spend more time writing than taking selfies, cooking, or dusting furniture. We are creators from our heads to our toes. Words flow from our endless thoughts to our full hearts and etch themselves deep in our souls. We go to bed thinking and wake up wondering. We know…
Some Advice on How to Stop the Habit of Over-Editing
Put an end to lost time and productivity On top of a 9 to 5, I left nearly three years ago, I also made wedding cakes for several years. I saw my share of edits while working. With wedding cakes, every time a cake was close to completion, I would always find one more detail…