It has taken me over 15 years to get back to writing and start taking it seriously. I have been reading and writing since I was barely out of diapers. And yet I never dared to think of myself as a writer. “God, no I can’t be one of those,” I thought. I allowed my fears of…

If you’ve been reading Lifehack for a while, you would have learned that blogging is the cheapest and most effective way to reach out to your clients, market your products and/or services and establish your expertise. But setting up a blog is just the first step. You can’t just write one or two posts and…

I remember when I was younger and how I truly hated writing. If I had a paper due in school I would wait until the absolute last night before it was due to start writing. In doing that I would always set myself up for failure. My papers ended up being a mish-mosh of…

Last week, I launched a new site I’d been working on for several months, dedicated to technology and the writing life. Since I’ve been eating, drinking, breathing, and sleeping "writing" all week, it seemed natural to pull together some of the tools, sites, and Lifehack.org tips I know of that can help make…

Generally, I think this many tips on writing strategies is too much. However, I like lists like this because, depending on what kind of writing you actually do, you can choose the tips that suit your work and adapt. Two years ago, we have covered Fifty Tools which can help you in Writing by…

Competition is high on the internet, due almost entirely on volume. So having your writing stand out is no easy task. PickTheBrain runs through five simple steps that should put you in the right direction. 1. You write what you read. Stop reading the same meaningless, repetitive writing everyone else reads. Quality of output directly correlates to…

Although you can write your articles in Microsoft Word or any such software, you might want to test the waters for some alternatives. Online and offline, there is a plethora of options in the blog editing/word processing field. ScribeFire Previously run at Performancing.com this editor runs within your Firefox browser as an add-on. There is…

While we’re on the topic of writing, here’s something that Gray Miller pointed out to me over at A List Apart. Amber Simmons has written an article entitled, “Gentle Reader, I Will be Faithful,” about the bond between a writer and her audience. It’s something that matters a lot, especially when you’re asking readers for…

Michael over at PigPog does an excellent job of collecting up all kinds of great writing advice from all over the place. Amongst the gems I see listed in his post are: Angela Booth’s 10 Best Writing Tips You Don’t Need Permission to Create Writerisms and Other Sins Brevity is a Virtue Writing Content for your Blog And about a…