Content Crooner

Although some have spoken out against it, the dash is a valuable player in punctuation. Using it wisely can strengthen your writing and make it more readable.

The comma has been a cause of disputes and confusion for centuries. Make sure your content is clear and your readers stay with you by wrangling your comma use.

When writing, think of yourself in a foreign country. Pare your thoughts down to the essentials of communication, and make each word count.

If you write it, will anybody read it – in Hollywood or Des Moines, in Torreon or Denver, or anywhere?

Getting to the down and dirty details, both in the preparing to write and the actually writing, requires practice. Do not expect miracles overnight, but stick with it and you will eventually begin to see results– maybe only a glimmer of success at first, but results nonetheless. It just takes practice.

Writing without preparation is a frustrating and futile proposition. It clogs the whole process; makes you think too much. Thinking too much leads inevitably to discursive mental detours…sounds like the textbook definition of writer’s block.