What I Think About ChatGPT and Other AI Writing Tools
As a writer, editor, content marketer, and journalism professor, you can imagine that many people ask me what I think about ChatGPT and other AI writing tools. I decided to first get a little meta and...
View ArticleContent Buckets: The Smartest Writing Hack I Know
I’ve always had more ideas than time. As a professional journalist, I pitched multiple stories for every deadline. As a professor, I consistently tweak classes or change assignments because of some...
View ArticleUsing Guest Posts to Build Your Credibility
I was a journalist for years. I had bylines on Page 1 and throughout the paper and wrote thousands of news stories. But the most recognition I’ve ever felt for my writing was when a tweet I posted was...
View ArticleHow to Write More Without Spending More Time Writing
Sometimes you have a heavy writing load and need to crank out a lot of copy. This idea is especially true for freelance writers. It’s often feast or famine in freelancing, and you’re afraid to tell...
View ArticleDetermining News Value
Think about the last story you read, bumped into on social media, or saw on the news — the last thing it seemed like everyone was talking about. You likely saw it in multiple locations if it was a...
View Article15 Ways to Work Your Beat
Newsrooms aren’t the chaos you see on TV and in the movies. In real-life newsrooms, there’s more of a method to who does what, not just a bunch of yelling and paper throwing. The organization is...
View ArticleMaking Time for Podcasts
You know that listening to podcasts is beneficial for so many reasons, including helping improve your writing and inspiring content ideas. But how on earth do you fit them in with all of the other...
View ArticleThe Best Quotes About Writing Tight
I love a good quote. There’s just something about the ability to summarize a complex thought or issue concisely and creatively. As a journalist, I always loved any articulate source. But it wasn’t...
View ArticleThere’s No Such Thing as Writer’s Block
I recently asked my students their views on writing. It seemed important when starting a fresh writing class to talk about how they think and feel about the craft. Imagine my surprise when one phrase...
View ArticleFocusing on Writing When You Lack Focus
Do you ever have those days when you just flit around from one project to the next, feeling the chaos of the busyness in your schedule? I call those “butterfly days” when I’m bouncing from one project...
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