Spruce Up Your Copy Podcasts – Step 9: Trash Your First Draft
I’m thrilled to be able to offer the first podcast series from Words That Begin With You. It’s based on …keep reading
I’m thrilled to be able to offer the first podcast series from Words That Begin With You. It’s based on …keep reading
I’m thrilled to be able to offer the first podcast series from Words That Begin With You. It’s based on …keep reading
I’m thrilled to be able to offer the first podcast series from Words That Begin With You. It’s based on …keep reading
I’m thrilled to be able to offer the first podcast series from Words That Begin With You. It’s based on …keep reading
I’m thrilled to be able to offer the first podcast series from Words That Begin With You. It’s based on …keep reading
I’m thrilled to be able to offer the first podcast series from Words That Begin With You. It’s based on …keep reading
I’m thrilled to be able to offer the first podcast series from Words That Begin With You. It’s based on …keep reading
I’m thrilled to be able to offer the first podcast series from Words That Begin With You. It’s based on …keep reading
I’m thrilled to be able to offer the first podcast series from Words That Begin With You. It’s based on …keep reading
Really? “A smoking hot white paper”? Well, yeah. And why not? Part of the trouble plaguing so many of the …keep reading
Is there anything worse than a stereotypical resume? Sure, of course there is. Unless you’re a hiring manager who just …keep reading
The time-honored workhorse of public relations is far from dead, even as print newspapers continue their slow slide into oblivion.
On the contrary, the press release has made a very successful transition into the digital news and social media marketplace.
But if you’re formulating an e-mail that has a real purpose, whether it be educational, motivational, or just purely informational, let’s consider how you can make it better.
Yes, eventually your work will be as good as you can reasonably expect to make it. Perfect? Of course not. Excellent? Yes.
When you finish your first draft, you are holding in your hands the written equivalent of a handful of pure coal. You’ve recognized it’s value: it contains all the elements you need to reach your audience with the information they need, in the manner they need to read it to accomplish the purpose you have set out to accomplish.
A previous post stressed the importance of writing like you speak. How else can you confirm you’ve hit that all-important bulls-eye without reading the work aloud and feeling how easily it rolls off your tongue?