by Kate Sullivan |
It’s every author’s age-old question: What is the proper word count for my book? It’s also one of those questions for which there’s no right answer. For the most part, you don’t need to worry about strict word counts for your writing. Write what it takes to tell your...
by Nina Harrington |
We’ve all heard it: Don’t judge a book by its cover. But why is that such a popular warning? Probably because we do judge things (and people) based on appearances—if a book has an eyecatching cover, you’ll probably pick it up to learn more. But if the book’s...
by Dan Janal
The average press release only contains 300 to 400 words. The best press releases are short and sweet, but writing a great press release that actually gets you exposure in the media takes a lot more work than writing 300 to 400 random words. In this article, I’m...
by Dr. Kenneth Atchity |
Managing your work is a fool’s game because work is infinite. Good work only creates more work; in fact, bad work creates more work too. So the more you work the more work you will have to do. It’s basic common sense that you can’t manage an infinite commodity. What...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
“No one is born a great writer. We all start at zero.” Writing is my passion, along with reading, learning, and teaching. When I was in business school at Indiana University, I realized there are a lot of really boring and unethical ways to build a career...
by Dr. Kenneth Atchity |
Norman Mailer once said that “writer’s block is a failure of the ego.” I’d rather say it’s a failure of motivation, preparation, and discipline—a failure, in other words, of time-management. The method I describe here, based on nearly thirty years’ experience in film...
