If you’re like me and you struggle with writing or blogging on a regular basis, try writing in first person narrative. Start using more I and we and less you, he, she, they and it.

I personally find it a heck of a lot easier to write from my own point of view than it is from or to someone I don’t know. It feels more like talking—natural, unforced and personal.

This Prolific Blogger Writes in First Person

One big reason why blogger Chris Brogan has no problem writing an average of 2-3 posts a day is because he’s squarely disciplined. I admire this breed of writing discipline.

The other lesser known but equally important reason is he gets to be himself every time he writes. [Read more...]

Should you ever desire to elevate your writing far beyond the oft-trampled pastures of Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style, then I boldly dare you to snap up a copy of Arthur Plotnik’s Spunk and Bite.

Don’t get me wrong— there are well-established reasons why Strunk and White’s tidy field manual on writing has been around since 1918, shepherding legions of struggling language users to relative safety (including me).

However, Spunk and Bite’s intent is to help writers break free the Strunk and White “strict formulation of correctness in English” by siccing our greatest creative impulses onto our oft clichéd and inert writing. [Read more...]

This post goes out to many of the talented but “hidden” writer-blogger friends out there: the ones who either write like crazy but never publish, or publish but refuse to identify themselves. You know who you are.

Let’s face it, mystery writer—you’re scared of something. You’re scared of owning your ideas, of attaching your name to your words. This fear is common for beginning writers, but at some early stage we get over it and move on. Isn’t it time you do, too?

Trust me, I’ve been there. It took me almost 15 years to get over fears! Finally I worked to courage to start this blog, picked a date to publish, and just did it. All better now. [Read more...]