by Margot Carmichael Lester | Nov 15, 2019 | Blogs & Blogging, Writing/How to Write
One of my favorite things is teaching others to write more persuasively to advocate for the things they care most about. This weekend, I'm taking my show on the road to the North Carolina AIDS Action Network's annual conference, Building Power Across the Spectrum, in...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | Jun 11, 2019 | Blogs & Blogging, Writing/How to Write
"What's one simple thing I can do to write better fast?" I get this question a lot and my answer is always the same: Cut. Ann Handley says everybody writes. I say everybody overwrites. In fact, Poynter's Chip Scanlon estimates that we all overwrite by 15-20%. Yes, all...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | May 28, 2019 | Writing/How to Write
A friend's brother recently contacted me for help creating a letter of interest for a new job. This is something I help clients with a lot. It's hard to write about ourselves -- even professional writers struggle with that. It's even harder when we have a huge...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | May 20, 2019 | Writing/How to Write
Writing memos is a core competency for most of us. Yet we don't get a lot of targeted instruction in how to create the missives effectively. That's why a lot of my writing coach clients approach me for guidance on writing better memos. One recent client had been...
by Margot Carmichael Lester | Mar 25, 2013 | Writing/How to Write
Welcome to the last week of International Ideas Month, 4 weeks "dedicated to all ideas—large, small, great, not-so-great, past and current as well as ideas yet to come" This is the fourth and final post in a series. (Catch the previous posts at the bottom of this...
