Writing

Good blog writing might seem like an easy thing to do. Write 500 words on your pet topic of the day, do a quick proofread, and then hit publish. Many blogs and websites use this or a similar formula. When you start a blog, you know you need content, so you start writing as many blog posts as…

If you want to know how to become a better writer, start by looking for the obvious flaws that can weaken a text. I’m not talking here about spelling errors and typos because they can wait until later. A first draft is a creative process that is all about getting the story out. Just start…

How, when, and why should you use the second-person point of view? But first, what is a point of view (POV)? There are three basic points of view that define the type of narration in literature and writing. They are the first, second, and third person. In the first person POV, the narrator uses the pronoun, I…

There are a lot of Chrome extensions for writers. The Chrome browser is the most popular because compared to Explorer, Edge, Safari, and Firefox, it wins on stability and performance. While I use different web browsers, I never have to quit Chrome, no matter how many tabs I have open. Unlike the rest, it never…

What is SEO writing? It is the best way to get your web pages to appear in Google or Bing search engine results pages. When you write a blog post or publish content online, you want people to read it. Just because you write well and include a lot of valuable information in your articles…

What did Beckett mean by fail better? It has now become a tired and hackneyed cliché. Fail better has been adopted as a catchcry, war cry, and even a pseudo-business model for tech startups, entrepreneurs, and elite sports stars. The current interpretation of these two oddly collocated words in business, sport, and even in general…

You have a lot of brilliant ideas to write about. So you get to your keyboard and go to work, and start writing. Well, perhaps your typewriter, pen, or pencil if you are still so inclined. Whether you are writing fiction, an article, an essay, or even a poem, let your fingers do the talking…

What is SEO? It might sound technical, but search engine optimization (SEO) is relatively easy to understand. Let’s look at how to write SEO for authors. You apply a set of practices when you write articles or posts on your blog or website to help people find them. You write, and a lot of your…

Trigger words, emotive words, or power words all mean the same thing. They are words that attract attention. By whatever term, it’s an old marketing tool to use phrases and words in your writing that produce an emotional response. You can almost imagine a stonemason in biblical times with an advertising stone outside his door saying,…

How many new words did Shakespeare invent? William Shakespeare has been part of our lives since our high school days. Although interesting, his works were not always enjoyable for all of us at that age. As a teenager, you almost had to translate what you were reading. But at the time he was writing, it was…