The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.– Robert Cormier
Writing Quote of the Month (November 2020)
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Writing Quote of the Month (March 2018)
Never underestimate the reader’s intelligence or overestimate his information level. – Well-known journalism saying
The Lighter Side (January 2018)
Like a bit of humor about writing and language? Me too. This one is from Mark Litzler, the cartoonist who illustrated my 2011 book, Writing to Make a Difference: 25 Powerful Techniques to Boost Your Community Impact.
9/8 Interactive Webinar: Copywriting for the Web — Today’s Best Practices
You’re a professional in the nonprofit or social-mission business world. And I know you have a website. But could it be more effective?
Join the many others who have already benefited from my workshops on web copywriting! This time I’m offering it as an interactive webinar that anyone can attend: Thursday, September 8, via the Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership. Here’s the description:
Copywriting for the Web — Today’s Best Practices
Have you been putting off making needed changes to your website copy? Not sure what will make the most impact? Need some detailed feedback?
Of course, you know that your website forms an essential part of your organization’s marketing. It needs to deliver compelling content that your readers eagerly engage with. The words and pictures have to jump off the screen and meet your readers where they are. But actually cranking out that copy can sometimes be a challenge.
This webinar will offer you plenty of tips and techniques to make sure your content is web reader-friendly, while it stresses your community impact.
Takeaways:
- 3 planning fundamentals that help you get the results you want
- What you need to know about today’s web users
- How to ensure website usability & accessibility
- Intro to Search Engine Optimization
- Recommended resources on the web
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these Irish writers’ quotes
Ireland is known as a wonderful source of written inspiration for us in the Western world. I remember reading many Irish writers back in school (I bet you do, too).
So I thought St. Patrick’s Day would be a perfect time to pay homage by re-visiting some of my favorite writing quotes from the land of shamrocks. Won’t you join me?
“He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.” – James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
“If you have the words, then there’s always the chance that you’ll find the way.” – Seamus Heaney
“The words ran away from me.” – Edna O’Brien
“When you are old and gray and full of sleep
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;”
– William Butler Yeats, “When You are Old”
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train.” – Oscar Wilde, The Importance of being Earnest
‘Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day.’ – William Allingham
“I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversations.” – George Bernard Shaw
