With the new year rapidly approaching, I thought I’d take an opportunity to share one truly serious “rule” you ought to live by as a writer. There are a world of skills and bucket loads of information you need to master when you work at the craft of writing, whether you write fiction or non-fiction. Likewise, writing for websites and/or blogs carries its unique set of skills and challenges.
How would you write copy to sell something sort of “low-tech” in our “high-tech” world?
The first thing that comes to mind (but I’m an Old Guy, so maybe I’m thinking differently here) is nostalgia. Remember the good old days?
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Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear depressing statistics about the current (though hopefully improving) impact of the recession on everyday lives in the U.S. and worldwide.
In most cases, the facts are presented by the numbers, or by use of charts, or with detailed accounts of specific people who have lost their jobs or homes, suffer because they cannot afford health insurance, etc.
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All right, I’ve said recently in another blog that I doubt any real, legitimate health care reform will happen anytime soon. Today’s swing by a key Senator in favor of the health care reform bill there means it MIGHT happen. Of course, there’s no guarantee that any final health care reform will mean lower health insurance in NC or MO or NY, or any other state in the country. But it may be a start toward untangling the health and medical system we have that currently overwhelms people in those states and all the rest.
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What do water filters and air filters have to do with the way your organize your writing?
No, that’s not some really strange puzzle or trick question, exactly, but a lesson about writing that I’ve picked up from many weekly trips to Walmart.
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I’ve been doing this blog for several years now. Sometimes, I confess, I don’t get around as often as I’d like, and I haven’t that much to say related directly to writing and writing tips.
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If you hope to capture an audience and/or get your fiction published, you must work hard to stay on top of changing technology.
I’m not talking about something as simple as learning the latest computer software, or upgrading to a new computer, or even getting a new “smartphone.” I’m talking about the widespread changes in society prompted by new and newly spread technology.
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