Tag Archives: First drafts
Priceless Writing Tips for Free: Capture the Thought in that Moment
Here’s a proven, 100-percent guaranteed method on how to get stuck in quicksand as a writer: Say you will do it later. You have an idea but you’re busy with something else so you tell yourself you’ll get to it … Continue reading
Priceless Writing Tips for Free: Observe Hemingway’s Dictum
Hemingway’s dictum for better writing was simple: Run it through the typewriter one more time. We no longer have typewriters but the advice is still sound. Almost without fail a second draft is better than a first: shorter, smoother and … Continue reading
When You Write, Don’t Fight Your First Thought
Trying to write something and you’re stuck? Whether you’re knee-deep in an e-mail, blog, memo, report, article or longer, here’s how to get unstuck: Follow your first thought. If you trust your first thought, and follow it, it will lead … Continue reading
