Wednesday Writing Prompt #23: Your Favorite Sound
When I taught magazine writing at ASU, the coursework was fairly straightforward — three well-reported feature stories of different lengths. But during our lecture time, I saw an opportunity to work on skills that may [...]
Wednesday Writing Prompt #22: Your Favorite Writer
When I taught writing to young journalism students at ASU, there were a few pieces of advice I consistently offered. Gems like don't post your drunken (underage drunken no less!) adventures on social media, and [...]
Wednesday Writing Prompt #21: An Angle Only You Can Provide
As I prepare to speak to a group of entrepreneurs this weekend about the wonders of content marketing, I've been pondering ways to make this whole content marketing process easier. I pride myself on creating [...]
Wednesday Writing Prompt #20: Three Frequently Asked Questions
This week’s writing prompt is for all you marketers out there. It’s simple yet useful. And here it is: What are the three questions you hear the most from your customers and prospects? As a [...]
Communications 101: Give Accurate Instructions
The other day, I received an automated email from my pharmacy (a big corporate entity whose name I’m not giving here even though I kind of want to). It seems there’s an “insurance issue” with [...]
Wednesday Writing Prompt #19: Who Helps You Be at Your Best?
Last week, we talked about what helps you be at your best. This week, we’re thinking about who. For many of us, as we get older (and especially if we get married and/or have children), [...]
Wednesday Writing Prompt #18: What Helps You Be at Your Best?
In recent weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about my work and what I can do to minimize my slow writing days and capitalize on my good, productive writing days. Sometimes the words and ideas [...]
Wednesday Writing Prompt #17: What Do You Want to Learn Next?
I've been watching my son — now 2 years old — learn new words seemingly daily since about October. I've been tracking his words on a semi-regular basis since that time. To our pediatrician, nearly [...]
Wednesday Writing Prompt #16: Three Words
Credit: Thinkstock How do you want people to feel when they work with you? What about when they read your latest blog post or tweet or any other content your produce? It's really [...]
Wednesday Writing Prompt #15: Alliteration
We took last week off for the Memorial Day week — a little break in the routine is good for the soul and the brain. Hope you did the same. But we’re back this week [...]