Writing More Efficiently

What’s the best way to break bad news? As the old torch song goes, “Break it to me gently.” If your reader is likely to be upset or angry about your message, do not state your message in the first paragraph. Instead, give the basis and reasons for your bad news first. Give the reader […]

How is writing like swimming? I swim a mile several times a week, and have been doing so for years. That’s 72 laps. Every time I swim, I go about four laps and then a little voice in my head says, “I’m a little tired… maybe I shouldn’t do the full distance today… 72 laps!