Want to be a Better Writer? Get Your Ego Out of the Way (copyblogger)
Raise your hand if you’re a writer.
Now, raise your hand if you have a nice-sized ego.
And now, raise your hand if you lied on that last one and kept your hand down.
The thing is, writing and a big ego kind of go hand in hand. And if you haven’t quit, gone crazy, or offed yourself yet — which I know you haven’t because you were just raising your hand — then like it or not, you have a big ego.
How do I know this? Well…
To read the rest of this post, hop on over to Copyblogger where, I’m pleased as punch to share, I am now a regular contributor…
And I hope you don’t mind me making you click to read the rest, but this post (and I’m guessing all of the posts I put on Copyblogger) are also posts that I’ll want to share with you – AND (I’m hoping you know this already) it is bad, bad blogging behavior to reprint the whole article in duplicate here. Copyblogger owns it now…
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5 Responses to “Want to be a Better Writer? Get Your Ego Out of the Way (copyblogger)”
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Great advice, Julie. I find that, as a columnist, I’m most effective when I’m most humble.
Oh, and I was the 220 person to retweet this from Copyblogger! Woot!!
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P.S. That photo is PERFECT.
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Julie: A heartfelt congratulations on the Copyblogger gig.
This is so cool. Copyblogger made a great choice in featuring you.
Looking forward to reading you all over the web!
Best,
CMR
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Ah yes, Edgy, Sonia Simone – the copyblogger editor – who is extraordinary, picked out that pic. I agree…perfect.
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Very nice – congrats!
I’d also suggest a perfect followup:
“Want to be a Better *Human*? Get Your Ego Out of the Way”
I keep trying, and man it ain’t easy! :)
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