by Matthew Rehrl MD | Editing, Writing
On the podcast The Self Publishing Show (@SelfPubForm), I heard a great quote from Tiffany Yates Martin (@FoxPrintEd -author of Intuitive Editing) about how to approach the process of editing and writing: Write like a dog, edit like a cat. It’s similar to Hemingway’s...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Writing
A couple of weeks ago, I went on a slight Twitter frenzy, creating about 19 tweets, most of them over a few hours on a Sunday morning. The subjects of my tweets were varied: hockey, The Mandalorian, my cat, Liverpool FC, a great writer named Terry Brooks, Katy Perry,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
In a recent podcast about writing, the author Bryan Collins (@BryanJCollins) said something both simple and insightful: The purpose of a first draft is to exist. Perhaps (but not necessarily) with the exception of life—in which the first draft is also the final...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Writing
Blog posts don’t have to be long to be effective.
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Creativity, Writing
The creative part of blogging is choosing the subject, writing the piece, and selecting a photo. Everything else is mindless. Creative: Choose the topicCreative: Write the rough draft of the blog post on Ulysses.Mindless: Spell check the post on Grammarly.Mindless:...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Writing
Seth Godin, one of my online writing role models, was once asked why he wasn’t an active tweeter. He replied—and I am paraphrasing here—that he didn’t feel he had the time to develop the skills to do it with excellence. Two points: First, he prioritizes his creative...
