Comments for Writing Roads

Comment on Is Twitter just a big chatroom? by Pinkie

Pinkie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:47:15 +0000

Twitter is just another way of being web social. People must have their friends and whatever way is popular at the time is the way they’ll go. Soon something else will come along that grabs everyone’s attention and twitter will be so yesterday.

Comment on Dealing with hate online by Lea

Lea — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:08:40 +0000

Great advice, Julie. I recently had this conversation with a friend who’d been bullied by a hater online. I struggle to understand why people do this… it’s baffling. And the internet offers new brands of anonymity, giving haters extra camoflauge.

Bravo and love to you!

Comment on What’s your process? by Julie Roads

Julie Roads — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:32:55 +0000

I love that, Ron – and it’s how I write when I write for myself – as opposed to this process for the marketing writing that I do where I write for another person. But – either way – you’ve made me realize that I left the ‘writers za za zu’ out of my list up there…thanks!

Comment on What’s your process? by Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:29:26 +0000

Even with an article I’m not usually as deliberate as this. I’m sure I have a process, but it just happens. The marination part of it for sure, but sometimes, I see something. It sends my brain on a tangent, I open up a document and start writing and before I know it I have a post completed.

Other times it comes to me and I think about it. I look for connections to other things I’ve seen. If I’ve got quotes, I figure out how to work them in or let them drive the piece.

But often, I just write. It just comes spilling out of me. I wish I could be more precise than that, but it’s probably marinating all the time just looking for the right catalyst and when it comes: Boom! I’m writing.

Comment on What’s your process? by Julie Roads

Julie Roads — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:40:40 +0000

Hi Thursday Bram – this is a great step to add when you’re doing a marketing makeover, etc. Thanks for this contribution!

Comment on What’s your process? by Thursday Bram

Thursday Bram — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:38:14 +0000

My process is fairly similar, although I have one other step right at the beginning — I make a point of review a client’s existing materials (anything from blog posts to business cards). Then, when I sit down with a client, I try to find out what she likes or dislikes about those existing materials.

If I can, I like to offer my clients a consistent feeling to their marketing materials — or at least a smooth transition between different pieces.

Comment on To throw or not to throw yourself under the bus, that is the question. by Julie Roads

Julie Roads — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:00:10 +0000

Jenn – I can’t wait to see your new blog…please make sure to send me a link!

Deb – the important thing here is that you’re making yourself feel good – safe, boring or whatever…right?

Comment on Is Twitter just a big chatroom? by Slider2k

Slider2k — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:30:42 +0000

Twitter technically IS a kind of big chat room with filtering possibilities and history log. U_U There’s many to it as a chatroom. For one there’s public timeline where all messages (tweets) come to. You can filter them by username (main purpose). Second, there’s no real mechanisms of making comments on particular tweets as in blogs, all you can do is make another tweet with @-reply to a user. Third, there’s direct messages. Forth, length and kind of messages users leave are similar to those in chats. All Twitter really does is messaging. Conclusion: it’s not a blog, it’s a disguised chat. ^_^

Comment on To throw or not to throw yourself under the bus, that is the question. by --Deb

--Deb — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:35:04 +0000

Ouch! See? That fall is exactly why I tend to be more cautious about my life choices … the “Wheee” down the hill might be fun, but the crash never is! I’d rather have the pleasant, even stroll than the dramatic highs and lows. Boring, I know, but safe!

Comment on To throw or not to throw yourself under the bus, that is the question. by Jennifer Halloran

Jennifer Halloran — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:52:33 +0000

Great question(s) and well-timed post. I’ve been waiting…and waiting for the *perfect* moment to launch my new blog, straddling between the “just do it” and the “you only get one chance to make a first impression” camps.

Think I’m almost there and, as with love and so many other things in my life, I have to trust (thanks, Kathryn) that I’ll know it when I see it. Appreciate the reminder that there’s really not just one “right answer.”

Hope you heal quickly. (Oh, the damages unknowingly inflicted by those beautiful, smiling, friendly people everywhere!) :-)