WritingThoughts

I’ve joined Twitter as an experiment to see if it can be of any use for business. You can read all about it here: Can Twitter Be Used For Business? Since I kept reading all of these posts from bloggers who claimed to be getting business use out of Twitter, last week I decided to […]

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One of the common perceptions around the blogosphere is that you have to post every day, sometimes multiple times a day, in order to attract readers. If you’ve been reading WritingThoughts for a while, then you know that I like to take a look at the “popular” blogs on Technorati from time to time. I […]

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I was conducting research for some projects yesterday when I realized that most of the search results that I was getting were not helping me at all. Either the headline itself was misleading, or article was actually on the topic — but the content was too broad and the article contained no new information. The […]

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By Dana Hanley I have always wanted to write. Not necessarily professionally, nor as a dependable income, but as a creative outlet and means of sharing my thoughts. I used to fill notebooks with half-written essays, outlines of research articles and openings to stories and an occasional poem scratched in between. Then I discovered blogging. […]

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By Vivienne Quek Many people think that writing a slogan is no different from writing a headline. Why should there be any difference since both are supposed to be short, sweet and sharp; words that aim to attract and capture attention? This is a common mistake. Creating headlines and slogans require a lot of information. […]

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By Deb Boyken Question: When did you start thinking of yourself as a writer? It’s not as easy a question as it seems. Clearly, if you make all of your money by writing, it’s easy to say, “I’m a writer.” A journalist. A novelist. A pro-blogger. A freelancer. All of these people can stand up […]

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Last week we talked about what we do in our time off. Not only did I get to know some of you a little bit better by learning your hobbies, the post evolved into a great discussion about writer burnout and workaholism. This week, I’m going to practice what I preached by taking the time […]

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I know that when I first started reading blogs I used to skip, or at least skim, the comments at the end of the post. Back then, it seemed to me that the content of the post was the most important thing on the blog and that the contents were superfluous. Over time, however, I’ve […]

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Lately the Internet seems to be infiltrated with folks who, for lack of a better word, seem to be workaholics. Not only do they work long hours – seven days a week – they advise others to do exactly the same thing if they want to be “successful.” (…and proud of it, too…) The first […]

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Over at the Freelance Parent blog, Tamara Berry is discussing: What to Do When Your Project Outgrows the Agreement. It seems that Tamara recently found herself in a predicament that many writers (including yours truly) find themselves in from time to time – the project required far more work than she thought that it would. […]

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