WORDS YOUR WAY BLOG
The Hard Work Begins
WORDS YOUR WAY BLOG"If you're not feeling overwhelmed, you're not doing it right." So says the teacher of the solo performance class I finally had the guts to sign up for. This has been a week spent, stumped, frustrated, and struggling -- and loving it. I cringe when...
Writers: Rules of Thumb Are Meant to Be Broken
WORDS YOUR WAY BLOGOver and over, I see content professionals mock the old English teacher's rule of thumb about not using the same word twice on the same page. I want to scream at my screen: "You're both WRONG!" Those teachers, I gather, explained this rule as a way...
“Content Is King”
WORDS YOUR WAY BLOGI’ve been looking for this for a long time and finally tracked it down: the text of Bill Gates’ 1996 essay, "Content Is King." I have become increasingly irritated by the buzzword “content.” Gates’ words give me heart. He focuses, as one would...