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By bigpumpkin | January 20, 2007
In researching for my book (which I have been commissioned to write and because I was selected amongst local journalists, is really not a big deal to me), I have been thinking a lot of about writing. Writing styles, the use of language, expressions, thoughts behind a writer etc.
Having read some really good writing and then some fantastic bloggers, I started caving into my insecure shell. Despite having won some writing competitions (again local, albeit at national level). Despite friends and colleagues commending my work. Despite being published.
But no….I am just your average Joe because you see. I am a fantastic salesperson. A proven marketer. In fact, a publisher has told me I have clever ideas but my words need to be……more….tight. My vocabulary is atrocious for the lack of reading and hmm….my spelling?
My brother is a copywriter at Leo Burnett. My mother speaks better than I do. Hence the insecurity.
So I asked the Hubs today. “Do you think all these people who blog just write away or do you think they actually think first, then write?”
He pondered for a second as if to decide if he should offer me a politically correct answer or to be blatantly honest.
Then nodding, he said “I’m sure they think first.”
Well, thank you, Hon, cuz’ I am famous for shooting before the brain actually ticks, if ever.
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