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Why do I blog?

Dec 13, 2009 in Writing by Tom

A blog post by one of my favorite bloggers – Chris Brogan – has me revisiting why I bother blogging. Is it to make money? No. Is it persuade others to adopt my beliefs? No. Is it to promote my personal brand? No. Is it to teach? No. I blog simply to share some of [...]

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Throw away your opening paragraphs

Jan 19, 2009 in Writing by Tom

At the end of a writing session, throw away your opening paragraphs. The real content in your writing, and your more natural writing voice, is not in the opening paragraphs: it lives deeper in your story.
Several times recently, upon re-reading what I had written, I found the first handful of paragraphs on a blog post [...]

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