Category Archives for Writing
6 Ways Romance Novels Will Help You Write Better Copy
Ah, summer. The season of beach reads, whether you’re actually at a beach or just wishing you were. It’s all about the paperbacks full of escapism and fun.
These types of popular novels, especially when they’re categorized as romance novels, catch a lot of flack for being unserious, fluffy, and mindless.
That’s definitely not the case.
I’m going to go even further and let you in on a secret: these books can teach you a lot about how to write better copy.
Do Authors Need to Write Every Day?
It is one of the most commonly repeated pieces of writing advice that you will hear: To finish your book, you need to write every single day without fail.
Writing does require discipline, so it seems like sensible advice, but the idea of writing every single day might seem daunting. Stephen King is able to write 2,000 words a day and complete a draft in three months, but he is a genre-defining bestseller who is financially able to stay at home and write every day. Chances are, like most writers, you are eking out writing time whenever you can fit it in between work and family commitments.
So do all authors need to commit to a certain amount of writing every day, regardless of other circumstances? Is it really possible to finish a writing project without maintaining the same schedule as the bestselling authors?Continue reading
Retrain Yourself to Make the Most of Feedback on Your Writing
Create. Measure. Improve. Repeat.
If you run your own business (or you’ve created your own app or software as a service), you may be familiar with the process of feedback loops — you create a product, study how it performs, determine any opportunities for improvement, and then implement the changes. This process might happen a few times before your product is at a point where you don’t need to make changes constantly.
So many organizations use feedback loops, whether it’s at the production level, the team level, or the customer service level. Having some type of loop of information can help a business make meaningful changes within their company and provide the best product possible.
Writers vs Editors: A Battle for the Ages
“It’s probably just typical writer vs. editor issues.”
I physically cocked my head at the email from a client as we were discussing some squabbles occurring between one of the editors here at CYC and the content writer.
Having worked as a professional writer for a decade before I opened an editing agency, I’ve run across my fair share of editors.
Some of them sucked.
Some were just doing their jobs.
A rare few were those editors that inspire and support, who make you want to be a better person writer.