Once during a training session at the newspaper, I asked a senior editor whether he thought reporters should outline their stories. He agreed they probably should, but admitted that most don’t. I have written before about the power of the outline. When you’re writing something as short as a news …
Tag: Blogging
Use your blog to serve readers
WordPress is far and away the blogging platform that hits the sweet spot between ease of use and powerful capabilities. There are platforms that are easier but won’t be as powerful, and more powerful platforms that are harder to use. I use WordPress and recommend it. But the mechanics of …
Why You Should Be Blogging
Writers are forever being told to blog. You have to get your name out there. You have to build a platform. You have to demonstrate your expertise. All of this is true. The problem, especially for fiction writers, is doing all that in a way that doesn’t rob you of …