A bottle of whisky within arm’s reach may make you a great writer. It is not what made Jack London a great writer. London had a reputation for drinking heavily, as did many famous writers. But what allowed him to write classic books such as The Call of the Wild and White Fang was notContinue reading “7 Habits of Successful Financial Writers That Will Improve Your Writing”
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Is a Writing Course Worth Your Time and Money?
No. There is a price of admission to writing, but it is never tendered to anyone other than yourself. He didn’t like the thought of them knowing he’d been scared. Didn’t like the thought of them knowing what a fool he’d been. Oh, to hell with that! Tell everyone! He’d done it! He’d been drivenContinue reading “Is a Writing Course Worth Your Time and Money?”
First Principles Writing
It’s late at night. The words on the screen swirl before your heavy eyes. With each pass, what you wrote sounds worse and worse. A clumsy passage or sentence takes on the appearance of a Gordian Knot. What should be simple and clear is a tangled mess. It doesn’t convey your meaning at all. Suddenly,Continue reading “First Principles Writing”