The holiday season has already pounced, and it's time to start plotting New Year's resolutions. Here are three strategies for improving your writing intelligence in 2008...
First of all, figure out how to share your work on the Internet, building community without wasting your words. At Smith Magazine, Larry Smith has a very instructive article on this topic:
"A community of rabid readers found Shooting War, contributed thoughtful and intense comments and at times even shaped the story as it unfolded...I direct you to a huge piece from The New York Times’ notoriously tough book critic Motoko Rich, Crossover Dreams: Turning Free Web Work Into Real Book Sales. In it, Rich discusses different web-to-print models, including how SMITH brought Shooting War to its first group of passionate readers."
Secondly, bookmark and read the Top Ten Most Popular American Journalism Blogs. You will have a head-full of great ideas to carry around every day.
Thirdly, stop writing like you are in grad school. Give us some scrappy, down-to-earth prose, and tell us a good story. That's what working writers do. But don't take my word for it; Gordon Hurd has a great essay on the subject.
» New Year’s Resolutions Link-O-Rama from How to be an Original
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