Sitemap - 2024 - The Writer's Guide
My Favorite Writing Tips of the Year
A New 'Covid Moment' for Writers
7 Ways to Make Readers Stop Reading
How to Write Successful Year-End Stories
Why it Works: A Story About Medical Emergencies
What are Your Story’s Strongest Assets?
Use Mind-Wandering to Fuel Your Creativity
Why it Works: A Story About Air Pollution and Skin Care
Writers Often Mislead Readers on Vital Statistics
Why it Works: A Story About Brain Retraining
Why I Never Type Anyone’s Name
Why it Works: A Story about Domestic Parity
Intellectual Humility: The Secret to Great Writing
Want to Write Better? Edit the Writing of Others
The Most Important Words in Your Story
The Unparalleled Power of Verbs
Fundamental Elements of a Good Story (Remix)
Building Trust: Facts vs. Opinions
How to Write Successful Health and Science Articles
Overused Writing Devices to Avoid Like the Plague
The Antidote to Algorithms: Quality Storytelling
Skepticism: The Writer’s Most Important Skill
When and Why to Focus on the What in Your Story
A Day in The Life of Rob, a Very Busy Writer and Editor
The Critical Importance of a Final Checklist
Where Have all the Readers Gone?
The No-AI Logo: Standing for Human-Generated Writing
Writing is 70% Creativity, 80% Hard work, and 90% Methodology
Get This: 50 Practical Writing Tips
The Best Headlines: Short and Simple
6 Specific Ways I Find Story Seeds
Why Hooking Stories to Holidays is Risky
To Write Well, You Must Sleep Well
You Can’t Please Everyone with Your Writing
The Illusion of Writer’s Block
How to Find and Improve Your Writing Voice
20 Words Writers Screw Up Often
How a Trip to the ER Spawned Two Story Ideas
How to Optimize Image Selection and Placement
How to Maximize ‘Topic’ Tags on Medium
Survey: What Writing Challenges Vex You Most?
Improve Your Writing with These 3 ‘Specific’ Tips
My Favorite Self-Editing Trick: Stick the Story in a Drawer
Don’t Get Sued for Unintentional Image Theft
Don’t Ask Questions in Your Stories
How to Make Your Article Stand Out
10 Writing Tips from a Book Every Writer Should Own
Where Do Great Story Ideas Come From?
How Much Time Should You Spend Writing a Story?
Sure-Fire Ways to Fail at Freelancing
How Image Choices Can Stigmatize, Even When the Story is Responsible