Draft First, Outline Later
My main struggle with following an outline is that if things don’t feel natural when I’m writing, I get an itchy feeling under my fingernails. I can’t force myself to write through something I know isn’t going to work.
Category: Writing
Social Media for Business: Bios on the Big 3 Platforms
When you join a company’s social media team, you might think you have a free pass to skip some of the things a coworker or predecessor has set up—like profile and cover images, bio sections, and business contact information. They did the hard part of creating the company’s social media presence, and you’re just here […]
Thoughts from Kathryn Stockett: From Book to Movie
While tearing through my closet on a great spring cleaning purge, I came across a legal pad. Unsurprisingly, it was from the college days. I flipped through just in case there was anything I might want to type into a more legible format and save. Between class notes with no headings or dates to clarify […]
Bill Blume at AWCon 18: Characters Who Come Alive
Of the many reasons that contributed to the last-minute decision to attend the 2018 Agile Writers Conference in Richmond, VA, getting the chance to meet Bill Blume was the most exciting. For the longest time, I didn’t realize there was any kind of writing community in Virginia. It wasn’t until I graduated college and moved […]