Investing in Your Writing Skills Now Pays Dividends Later

Take Time To Learn The Skills of Your Craft!

When you invest in your professional skill set you are setting yourself up for increased dividends later.

I had forgotten that for a bit and it was starting to show in my blogs productivity.

Between the move to the East Coast (and back again) I had begun to reevaluate my life the company and what I wanted out of it all.

I didnt like some of what I saw where the company was concerned. Sure I was getting out a post now and again, but my lessons had come to a stand still and my community work was all but non existent.

After doing some hard self evaluations I realized that it came down to my ability to write blog posts as well as I would like to.

Academic Essays Are not Blog Posts!

As a writer I can churn out academic style essays no problem. Blog posts are a little different. While not completely horrid at it there just always seemed to be something missing.

So I began reading everything I could about how to write blogs and learned some helpful points which I will share.

• use pyramid style writing
• Know your audience
• write from the heart
• be the solution to a need
• show do not sell

While not a comprehensive list I find them to be key points. A lot of this I learned here at WA.

The point here was that i was attempting to write in a style that I had no previous experience with. I was not actively working to learn the skill effectively.

In essence I was neglecting my profession as a writer and my craft.

So while I may not be around the site much at the moment I am still dedicated to this business. I just need a bit to work on my skills as it concerns blogging. A form of mental and educational house cleaning.

to quote Yoda I need to unlearn what I have learned.

Joseph