"Writing Tips" Blogs & Blog Posts

One thing I appreciate about Alan Moore is that he always finds new ways to surprise. He certainly never struck me as the kind of guy who'd team up with the BBC to teach a writing course, for example — but here were are! — Read the rest...

Writer Clive Thompson (a frequent contributor to Boing Boing) has an excellent regular column at Medium. One of his recent pieces is about how he switches to a different word processor when he is revising a draft. He says seeing the words in a new wi...

I had the privilege of attending the prestigious Clarion Writer's Workshop at the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UCSD in 2013, where I learned about writing from Cory Doctorow, MacArthur Award-winner Kelly Link, and other fantastic...

I was too tired this week to contribute to my word count so now I’m playing catch up. If you haven’t participated in word sprints, I would highly recommend that you do it. They are super fun and super productive. I’ve been hooked on...

This week we’re learning how to crank out that book you’ve been meaning to write in a mere 30 days, with author Grant Faulkner. Grant is the Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo) and author of the book, Pep Talks for...

At one time or another, we’ve all gotten that text, email or instant message from a colleague that made us question everything. Even though we know it can be difficult to convey tone in writing, we still may analyze every word and punctuation mark...

The Art Of Storytelling In Business Communications And Public Relations. Techniques For Effective Business Communications.   David Ogilvy penned his infamous advice on writing on Sept. 7, 1982 in a memo to his employees. His point of view still...