I was suckered into Masterclass at its launch — Aaron Sorkin teaching a writing class was hard to resist, I’lll admit. That’s not something easy to come by. You couldn’t get it without attending a rare in person lecture or watching a PBS interview even a decade ago. Yet lately it seems we’re surrounded by opportunities for this level of expertise. So the question I have to ask: are we taking enough advantage?

My daughter’s a teenager and she was working on an essay last night. She facetimed a friend because she said she had writer’s block. I was like “I’m a professional writer, right here, to help you!” But of course as a teen, she totally ignored me. Thing is — I haven’t had writer’s block in...

I’ve been blogging since before they called it blogging, and posting online since even before that. Everyone I knew who was creating original content before the ‘content marketing’ term became widely used understood the value of that content creation. It was obvious when a collection of content had been published that people would find it...

Do you love to write? Can you form coherent sentences? Congratulations, you’re a writer. Fine, I’m kidding. There is more than that. But that’s the beginning of how to become a writer. Then there are more questions to ask yourself: do you want to be a writer as a hobby or professionally? If you want...

As a writer and a film lover, I’ve fallen into the trap of watching many movies about writers. It’s not necessarily a bad thing; I find most of them enjoyable and interesting. That said, writers are almost always presented in the most…

A few hours ago, I finished writing my first novel. Just being able to write that phrase feels novel in itself, particularly after thinking about writing one for so long. And now that it's done, I have to laugh because it was really so much easier…

I've been working on content strategy for so many years I don't even want to acknowledge them all at this point, but along the way, I've developed a lot of content myself about how to work with digital media…