Unmuddling Middles

Re-used with kind permission from Poynter Online for Journalists: www.poynter.org Don Fry, an affiliate of The Poynter Institute, works as an independent writing coach out of Charlottesville, Virginia. You can reach him with questions at donaldfry@cs .com. Many reporters write strong leads, back them up, and finish their story with an ending. But the middle […]

Tips for the Interview-Phobic

Jenna Glatzer is an internationally-published freelance writer and the editor of Absolute Write (http://www.absolutewrite.com/). She is also the author of OUTWITTING WRITER’S BLOCK AND OTHER PROBLEMS OF THE PEN, which you can read about here: http://www.absolutewrite.com/jenna/books.htm Source: http://www.isnare.com/   Oh, how I shuddered the first time an article necessitated that I actually phone a complete stranger and […]

Thirty Tools For Writers

Senior Scholar, Poynter InstituteReused with kind permission of the Poynter Institute. www.poynter.org At times it helps to think of writing as carpentry. That way, writers and editors can work from a plan and use tools stored on their workbench. A writer or coaching editor can borrow a writing tool at any time. And here’s a […]