Curb the Common Writing Foe with the Same Secrets that Professional Writers Use
by Ryan Faist
It was a dark and stormy night. The writer sat in his bedroom, staring at a computer screen lit up with one bad first sentence. Turning his head toward the rain-speckled window, he wished for the secret to writing good copy to strike him like a bolt of lightning.
Many people have this sort of trouble when it comes to writing. I see them sometimes when I walk past the café. I can spot them by the way they sit behind their computers, chewing frantically on the end of a pen or shaking one leg nervously. This sad sight always gives me the urge to run in and whisper three secrets into their ears that would get their fingers tapping the keyboard again. (more…)
In the old days, if you passed a dead- line, they killed you. There were no excuses, no com- promises, no second chances. They shot you right then and there.
