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Learn to Write Recap

As this is a recap, I’ll do just that. As previously mentioned, on New Years Eve Bangkok was bombed. Now, I’m not a resolution type of person. But, I was between two of the bombed sites so the event gave me pause to think.
[... Continue reading ... Learn to Write: Part 11: Recap

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Roger C. Parker

Why Designers Should Be Writers
By: Roger C. Parker

Classic branding and marketing favors specialization. According to the conventional wisdom, the narrower you define your area of expertise, the higher the perceived value of your expertise.

But, in practice, conventional wisdom creates serious limitations. In actuality, designers who are able to write enjoy a major advantage over their competition. Being able to write as well as design offers graphic designers numerous practical and profitable dividends.
[... Continue reading ... Learn to Write: Part 10: Article: Why Designers Should Be Writers

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Additional Writing Resources

writing the post for Pam Nelson’s Triangle Grammar Guide, I started following advised links from her site as well as Roy Peter Clark’s Poynter Online – Writing Tools ( featured this week on DWB).

One link led to another, then another, until I ran out of time. Some I came across when I first started putting together the writing resources (but didn’t appreciate at the time). Some are new. All of the writing blogs have been added to my new toy, netvibes. Enjoy.
[... Continue reading ... Learn to Write: Part 9: Additional Writing Resources

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The Writing Resolution

Finally, pretty much the end of the unplanned Learn to Write series.
(edit: isn’t hindsight grand?)

Part 1: New Year’s Resolution: Learn how to write

Part 2: Helpful Writing Books

Part 3: Online Writing Guidelines

Part 4: Online Dictionaries

Part 5: Online Writing Tips: Individual articles

Part 6: Online Writing Courses

Part 7: Writing: The Plan

Well, it’s logical that to make this work, I need to take a stab at how to pull it off, as well as do everything else I’ve organised for 2007 (learn Thai Chi, learn more of the Thai language, get healthy, stress free my life, launch Creative Latitude’s new forum, upgrade Creative Latitude, keep the CL blog updated, launch and keep HOW ABOUT CL updated, keep NO!SPEC running, launch BoDo, travel … did I mention stress free my life?)

As this plan calls for drastic measures, here goes … [... Continue reading ... Learn to Write: Part 8: The Writing Resolution

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