Communication Skills and Effective Writing Must Include Meticulous Quality Control

This Stuff Just Cracks Me Up “The little boat drifted gently across the pond exactly the way a bowling bowl wouldn’t.” ~ High school essay, Springfield, Va. Yes, I know that hilariously awkward analogies don’t exactly fit in an article devoted to clear and efficient business... 

How to Write For the Internet, Part I

How to write for the internet is basically a subset of how to write advertising copy. Before the internet, there were basically two types of advertising writers. Madison avenue types, who wrote for major brands, and direct response writers who wrote direct mail letters and ads that weren’t designed... 

Battling the Dragon Using NaturallySpeaking

Isn’t typing your ideas into the computer and correcting the spelling and typos a pain? Do you fantasize about just talking and having the computer type it for you with neither typos nor misspellings? You really can dictate your books and articles directly into your computer. I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking... 

Unique Ideas That Will Increase Your Writing Quality and Productivity

Welcome to the zany ideas of a productive writer. My students keep reminding me of my unusual tools and how helpful they have been for them. I also thank my students for their concept testing and refinement. Now, I feel much more confident about sending them out into the world. For the next few minutes... 

3 Awesome Reasons to Use a Journal, and How to Do It

“Journal writing is a voyage to the interior” – Christina Baldwin One of the most powerful tools to aid your own personal growth is keeping a journal. I prefer to do this on my computer and use the Journal by David RM. It’s easy to use, a simple layout and it also has password... 

Blunt Talk and Awkward Silence

I’d like to talk about something that we all have experienced at one point of another in communicating with others: blunt talk and awkward silence. In today’s society, everyone is obsessed with “political correctness”. Don’t say this or do that for fear of offending an... 

Fiction and Reality

Fiction is an integral part of human life. Man has an inherent need for diversion to get away, even if for a few moments, from the humdrum of life. Story telling has been one of the earliest ways of accomplishing that and over the ages it has grown into the diverse forms of entertainment we have in... 

Write From the Heart to Persuade – 4 Tips

If are writing to persuade, you need to appeal to emotions. Even if your topic is dry and your audience serious, you need to touch some of the emotions that propel everyone. Here are four tips for hitting those emotional buttons. 1. Focus on your audience, not you 2. Show you understand what drives... 

New Authors – Get Thousands For Speaking About Your Book Even If Your a New Author

New authors make the mistake of assuming that they have a great book but no one will pay them thousands for speaking to groups about it. That’s not the case, colleges, church’s, businesses and organizations each have budgets into the tens of thousands. But so many speakers, writers and even... 

Writing Up a Retreat Or Other Creative Meeting

You’ve probably participated in a retreat or brainstorming session where all those great ideas somehow get lost in the shuffle once you’re back in the office. While a write-up of the action won’t guarantee success, it definitely increases the chances. “A report is a visual reminder... 

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