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Here are some quick links to help you with your pitching efforts -- they all focus on writing. Don’t read into that though.1) One Word One Word.com
One word, sixty seconds. It’s a great creative exercise to keep your writing chops honed and your brain thinking.
2) Acronym Finder Acronym Finder.com
Acronyms are inside baseball and ultimately make your writing harder to read. Acronym Finder is a reminder of how bad it can get, but it’s also a handy reference too.
3) 31 Ways to Find Inspiration for your Writing Write To Done
This is one of several great articles from the Write to Done blog.
4) Twitter for Writers Inkygirl
This is not Twitterature, but a way to connect with writers via Twitter to share tips and more.
5) Press Release Grader HubSpot
“HubSpot's Press Release Grader evaluates your press release…based upon basic factors from public relations experts including the language and content of the release, plus advanced factors from Internet marketing experts such as links and search engine optimization characteristics.”
BONUS LINK: 12 iPhone Apps for Writers The Editorial Engine
The world doesn’t revolve around the iPhone, but there are some handy apps out there to check out if you own this gadget.
We’ve covered this topic before for Fast Five Links and we’ll probably do it again at some point. It’s the one skill that's arguably the most critical and it impacts nearly everything we do.
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Based on the quality of writing I'm seeing from some folks these days, I think you left off:
6) College-level English class
7) Oh wait... High school-level English class
Sad. But true.
Sorry to point it out, but an article about writing well should not use an apostrophe to make a noun plural: "Acronym's are inside..." needs a second look.
doph! Actually, thank you for pointing it out. I should have proofed before publishing. Thanks for catching it.
Nice job disabling the comments on the Mike Hendricks post. Make a mistake and can't take the criticism? Criticizing his approach but not having the fortitude to take criticism from the readers? I think we know whether it was a mistake or not to out Hendricks (I have no clue who he is). But you guys made a worse pitch to the world about your blog then Hendricks made for that job. Think before publishing next time.
Julius - Appreciate the feedback. Actually I made the decision to disable comments on the post after it devolved into a lot of anonymous commnets using foul language.
But I did not disable anyone's ability to weigh in with criticism. In addition to your approach, posting on a different story, I made our email address clear as well: badpitchblog AT gmail DOT com.
We've also gotten a couple of emails providing positive and negative feedback.
Thanks again.
You won't print this, but how you treated Hendricks is completely without human decency.
Your treament of Hendricks shows that you are complete trash. Closing the comments just proves that you are, and lets everyone know you realize you are.
Someone I know who is a PR representative, told me a few weeks that people feared this blog, the writers. Ever since the recent dust-up about the Kansas City journalist, seems all's gone quite quiet and rather civil here, what with the last two helpful hints-toned postings.
Press on, brother. Controversy - and living, learning, and moving on - is what this blog is all about. Well that and really really thoughtless, misguided and hysterical pitching (from which the living, learning and moving on happens).
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