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Blair Enns blogs about agency business development, free pitching and occasionally, life in Kaslo.

 

 

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A Writer Is... | 2 February 2009

From Thomas Mann: "A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."

 

Also, there are many variations on this quote, from Twain to Thoreau to Nietzsche, but I think Blaise Pascal said it first: "I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.”

 

Alright, that's enough chicken soup for the writer's soul - get back to that thought leadership piece. If it were easy, everybody would do it (well.)



Writing Resources | 15 January 2009

I've been getting questions on resources to help people improve their writing skills. Here are some that I and others use. Feel free to add to the list.



More on Writing... | 14 January 2009

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:



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