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January 14, 2009 at 1:12 am by Blair

Yesterday I uploaded the latest newsletter, Four Reasons to Write. I've already received some great feedback, or more correctly, additional guidance on the benefits and principles of writing.

Reader Tuija Seipell, herself a business writer, replied with this additional guidance that I thought was worth adding here:

"In my experience, the main thing is take-home -- you must give something in the article that the reader has not seen yet (or not in the same way, not recently, not from the same perspective). Google your topic, Google your main points. It is intimidating (because SO MUCH has been written about everything) and then find what's left out and what you are passionate about.

The other thing is brevity. Be MUCH MUCH shorter than you'd like to be."

All great points. Thanks, Tuija!

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