I write like Cory Doctorow. No, wait: I write like David Foster Wallace. Actually, I write like Stephen King. And I have the badges to prove it. In case you missed the meme ricocheting through social communities last week, here’s the story: A ... [Read More] [4 Comments. Please leave another.]
Archives for July 2010
The Art and Craft of Feature Writing by William E. Blundell Reviewed by MarketCopywriterBlog
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Writers: William E. Blundell’s got our number. In his book The Art and Craft of Feature Writing, Blundell describes me a typical blocked writer. Mel Bookstein sits at his messy desk littered with “…documents that now seem irrelevant, notes on uninformative interviews, jottings ... [Read More] [7 Comments. Please leave another.]
Discover 5 Resources that Help You Write Ledes That Reel in Readers
Beads of perspiration stung my upper lip and trickled into my eyes as I squinted at my computer screen. It was the fourth day of record-breaking heat in my New York suburb. My home office’s "energy efficient" air conditioner droned, pretending to extract heat and humidity from ... [Read More] [1 Comment. Please leave another.]
Copywriters: Should You Write Copy For Free? 5 Cases For Working Without Pay.
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The idea that writers should work for free rubs me the wrong way. Even when I was a starving playwright working in regional and off-off Broadway theater, I got a stipend. Later when I started writing commercially, I approached copywriting as craft. It never occurred to me ... [Read More] [7 Comments. Please leave another.]