What’s new with Write To Success
The Write To Success Substack is closing in on its first anniversary.
Thank you for being here, and diving into its sea of think pieces, interviews, rants, etc.
In the coming year, Write To Success will focus on delivering practical, actionable advice, information and guidance to writers.
The goal is is to be lucid, transparent and organized, and for those qualities to be so darn contagious they infect your writing.
Over next 52 weeks, WTS will share five types of content
Writing tips
Reviews of books on writing
Examples and analysis of great writing
Interviews about writing
Research on writing
First up: Writing tips
Have you ever noticed that most writing advice starts with a blank page?
Is there anything more terrifying?
I’ve been writing for publication for more than 25 years and a blank page still gives me the fear. No wonder most young (and older) people would rather do almost anything than write.
But write we must. Those of us who are past the age of school reports, essay tests and college applications face emails, proposals and work projects.
So let’s take it easy on ourselves.
Instead of demanding perfection of a blank page, let’s take that imperfect essay, email or report and make it better.
Decades of editing have taught me that a few simple tricks can improve even the most uneven writing. Think of it as house cleaning.
Tidying, vacuuming and picking up the dirty laundry won’t turn a double-wide into
a mansion, but it will make it a hundred times more welcoming.
It’s the same with writing. Identify clutter. Tidy it away. Voila: a welcoming space.
Over the next five weeks, I’ll share five tips that I guarantee will improve any piece of writing — all without typing a word.