Viewing time: 4 mins. 19 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #126, which discusses what type of writing advice to follow. The post first […]
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Reading time: About 5 minutes Boredom is the bane of many readers. For this reason, it’s worth spending time to make your writing less boring… Have you ever felt the need to stifle a yawn after reading something you’ve written? “Oh boy,” you said to yourself. “That sure wasn’t very
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Viewing time: 6 mins. 56 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #100, which addresses how to become a better interviewer. The post first ran
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Most of us prefer to succeed, but if we have to fail, it’s possible to fail better as a writer… You’ve undoubtedly already heard Samuel Beckett’s advice: “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” It comes from his second-to-last piece of work ever published, Worstward Ho,
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Viewing time: 5 mins. 48 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #82, with advice on juggling different types of writing. The post first ran
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Viewing time: 5 mins. 41 secs. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #73, with advice on how to use readability stats. The post first ran
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Viewing time: 5 min. 11 sec. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #72, with advice on how to say the same thing differently. The post
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Reading time: About 5 minutes You already know that writing takes time, but here’s what it takes to be a good writer…. You’ve probably heard of the 10,000-hour rule, even if you know little more than the name. Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell is the person who popularized the notion that
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Viewing time: 5 min. 58 sec. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #71, with advice on reducing clichés. The post first ran on Oct. 26/18.
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Reading time: About 4 minutes Here’s some practical advice on how to write more concisely…and if you can’t do that, how to edit the extra verbiage you’ve produced… When I started writing, 40 years ago, I always wrote short. If a client or boss wanted 750 words, I’d struggle to
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