by Rob Worth | 20 Apr 2022 | Writing tips
Why does addressing counterarguments make a nonfiction book more compelling? The reader of your book thinks you are wrong and you should agree with them … … for a while. It is tempting to set out your argument and leave it at that. You’ve spent a lot of...
by Rob Worth | 23 Jul 2021 | Writing tips
If you keep the jargon, fine. But ensure you utilise more diminutive vocabulary elsewhere. If you are going to keep the specialist words for your subject then it is all the more important to use small simple words when you can. “Never use a long word when a short one...
by Rob Worth | 22 Jul 2021 | Writing tips
Is my baby ugly? How to get the best from a developmental editor. A developmental edit is not about spelling and commas but big questions about structure, flow, completeness and the reader. To get the best out of your developmental editor, remember three things: 1....
by Rob Worth | 21 Jul 2021 | Writing tips
I can’t write simply about complexity and systems. It will lose its meaning. Writing about complexity and systems thinking can be hard to understand. When writing about complexity or systems thinking, there is a lot of nuance. There are fine distinctions to draw and...
by Rob Worth | 18 Jul 2021 | Writing tips
Worried the 1st draft of your book is bad? Worry no more. You can stop fretting because your book is bad. “The first draft of anything is shit.” — Ernest Hemingway The first draft is something to be incredibly proud of. Most people never get there. You’ve scaled the...
by Rob Worth | 16 Jul 2021 | Writing tips
With my years of blogs, I have a book. Not yet you don’t. Recently, I found an author with a book they had made from the blogs they had written over the years. The blogs are a treasure trove of stories, insights and lessons they had learned. You could dive in anywhere...