Editing Old Stuff
Have you ever found yourself thinking: wow, I really should go back and edit some of my old stuff! I do this a lot. There’s nothing wrong with that. In fact, sometimes revisiting old posts and rewriting them can be good for a great many reasons. If the post wasn’t doing anything for you, it’s […]
Counting the Words
I used to care way too much about word count. Why did I care so much about word count? Perhaps, it’s a bad habit picked up from my freelance writing career. Yet, word count was an important statistic for me even before. Word count is a measure of output. I try to write at least […]
Have I Written Enough?
From time to time, I get this little thought going through my head that really puts a damper on me writing anything new. That thought is: haven’t I written enough? Don’t I already have enough content out there that I can just share and reshare forever? Have you ever felt like this? Sometimes, you just […]
How We Can Overcome the Sad, but True Nature of Blogger Attrition
Two years ago, I made a big decision to simply shut down my blogs and social media. There were many motivations behind it. The chief one was due to some serious issues I was having with Facebook. Without getting into those too much, I was essentially driven offline by both life circumstances and a lack […]
How the Five Paragraph Essay Almost Ruined My Writing
When I was in high school, students were often forced to write their essays in the dreaded five-paragraph format. Being a passive-aggressive rebel, I often neglected to write that way. Because of this, I’d often be graded poorly on many assignments. I just let my words flow without any regard for restrictions we were meant […]
A Writer in Motion
A writer must always be in motion. Writers must always be constantly moving and reinventing on the fly. It’s important for a writer to never stay still. It could even mean scribbling in a notebook or on diner napkins. Long as the thoughts are coming, they must be allowed to flow. It’s too easy to […]
When Are Blogging Goals Too Ambitious?
I have ambitious blogging goals! I want to start ripping out two blog posts a day five days a week! Is that too much? What helps me is that I have probably hundreds of old posts to rehash and revive! I have grown considerably as a writer over the past couple of years. I simply […]
Writers are People, Too!
I feel as if it should be unnecessary to say, but writers are people, too! Many people seem to feel writers lead double lives. One life is “real” and the other is some surreal alternate existence in which we can make ourselves seem infinitely more interesting. Sure, some writers use pen names and sometimes create […]
Article Writing is NOT Easy
There’s a myth out there that article writing is easy. Yes, when you start writing articles online, you can write about whatever you want. But, don’t think that online writing doesn’t need lots of thought or effort put into it. You can’t just type whatever comes to you and hit ‘publish’ and expect it to […]