Notice anything about how-to articles lately? You know, the listicle kind?
It doesn’t matter what the topic is. At least by my perception, the number of titles that include “Easy Steps” is growing — fast.
And that’s a problem to me.
Some topics really are relatively simple. But in a…
Name something that technology hasn’t touched.
Go ahead. I’ll wait.
Even fishbowls can have automatic, computer-based feeders and cleaning systems these days. Writers, too, are flooded with all kinds of technologies that are supposed to help with workflow and productivity.
But sometimes those technologies are honestly just a timesuck and…
Henry Ford is one of the most well-known American innovators. He’s the guy who brought mass production to the “horseless carriages” — that is, cars — we zoom around in today.
So what does Ford have to do with writing?
There’s a famous quote that, while having an unclear origin…
I saw another one today. An advertisement, geared toward writers, for AI-based content generation.
There was a time when I hated these services just because they were so astoundingly bad. Flow and grammar were awful. The content barely made sense. But now, that’s not the case anymore. And some of…
As any entrepreneur will tell you, some of the hardest work you’ll ever do as a business leader or investor is finding your initial customers and partners. Cold calls can help you do this and ensure you whether tougher times down the road. …
Generally speaking, writers aren’t known for being visual artists. Their whole deal is crafting something beautiful with words, not with color or line or visual perspective.
But if you’re not drawing out your book, you should be.
To be clear, I’m not saying you need to storyboard out every scene…
As much as we might innovate, modern leaders also are formula eaters. We like to have steps and plans and boxes and know exactly how to get from A to B so risk stays low and the big bad shareholders don’t eat us alive for lack of proof. …
The past 18 months or so have been…well, gross. We still have all the usual life hassles like finding missing socks and figuring out how to make dinner not be spaghetti (again). But those usuals seem like small potatoes in the context of thousands of COVID-19 deaths, losing homes and…
Writing tends to be a pretty lonely and thankless job. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have value, and it certainly doesn’t mean that you can’t take care of yourself so that everything you write has serious oomph. That’s especially the case when you’re writing about really tough stuff or…
For years now, I’ve followed the traditional advice about networking online. I’ve churned out articles, shared the work of others, tagged people where I could, reached out to say thanks, and left comments. And in honesty, I have to say that none of it has yielded the golden opportunities that…
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