Archive for November 2025
Nonfiction Can Feel Cold. Here’s How to Warm It Up and Connect With Readers
Whether you’ve picked a memoir, article, study, or other format, nonfiction can seem dry or cold — and not in the “I’m chill” kind of way. That’s because the emphasis typically is on data, analysis or delivering information, not engaging through emotional and narrative techniques. Small tricks, however, can warm a nonfiction manuscript up significantly.…
Read MoreBLUF — Yes, It Works for Social Media
The old journalism trick of Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) is especially useful on social media, where readers scroll exceptionally fast and decide in fractions of a second whether to continue reading a post. But what exactly is BLUF? With BLUF, your main point comes first BLUF means you take the core, thesis concept of…
Read MoreTried Micropublishing? Here’s Why You Should
For most writers, the dream of success looks like published books. But there is, as the saying goes, more than one way to skin a cat. If you haven’t already considered micropublishing, it might be the alternative, less traditional path that allows you to achieve a viable income as a wordsmith. What is micropublishing? Micropublishing…
Read MoreWant a Great First Draft? Think First, Write Later
For most writers, writing and thinking are the same event — they conceptualize, organize, write, and revise at the same time. Even planners, who outline and create structure before beginning the draft, will let thoughts unfold in real time, discovering the emotional and rhetorical logic of the piece at the keyboard. Pantsers are even more…
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