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Two of the best ways to fast-track your writing skills are to:
- Exercise Discipline & Avoid Distractions
Professional writers don’t waste time waiting for “inspiration” to take them over. They exercise discipline over their time.
And they FOCUS. They close down their email programs and internet browsers, and (when they’ve done their research and planning) they simply get on with the job.
- Read Voraciously
One way to shortcut the “1000-hour rule” often associated with achieving mastery in any given field is, in the case of writing, to make a regular study of the works of highly competent and readable writers.
Reading well-written works of literature, and/or the outputs of writers whose style appeals to you, is a way of learning “by osmosis”. And, depending upon the amount of time and attention you devote, it’s also a very effective way of putting the further development of your skills on the fast track.
BID-WRITING LESSONS FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST AUTHORS
History’s literary greats have much to teach the writers of today. No-one, however, could benefit more from becoming a student of these masters of the written word than the commercial bid writer.
Their philosophies are enduring, and the principles that guided their work are as relevant to twenty-first century proposal professionals as they must have been to the disciples of their living years.
BID-WRITING LESSONS FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST AUTHORS
(Six-Pack)
This illuminating (and fun) little read is an assembly of the enduring and pithily expressed wisdom of over 100 authors, strategists, philosophers and other accomplished figures.
It features 47 smart little lessons yours truly, on Research, Thinking & Strategy, on Writing, and on Editing, Re-Writing, Practice & Perfection – reinforcing the timeless advice of these sages.
Well worth putting one on the desk of everyone in your writing team.
