by AnnSheybani | Jun 26, 2016 | Reading, recommendations, Writing, writing lessons
Are you a thought leader or an expert? Have you decided to write a book to showcase your unique process for fixing a specific problem? Do you want to inspire people, to offer them your perspective, your hard-won experience, so they can live a better life? Might the... by AnnSheybani | Jun 19, 2016 | Writing, writing lessons
I’ve had the same conversation with a number of my coaching clients this week, so I think it’s high time I share this lesson with you nice people. (If you’re not a writer, start paying attention to this stuff as a reader. It will really open up... by AnnSheybani | Jun 12, 2016 | Writing, writing lessons
I was digging through my East Hill Writing Workshop materials the other day when I chanced up this little lesson on dialogue. I’m pretty sure that one of my partners wrote this up, but I can’t remember which. I thought I’d break it out for you today... by AnnSheybani | Jun 7, 2016 | Writing, writing lessons
I was driving along the highway in Connecticut when I fell behind a mini Cooper with one of those vanity plates that made me want to hit the brakes. It had two words on it: Xin Loi. It’s a long story how I know this, and neither of us has time to get into it, but Xin... by AnnSheybani | May 22, 2016 | Writing
Go to any cocktail party and you’ll overhear someone yammering on about their desire to write a book. From all appearances, writing a book is on more bucket lists than running a marathon, or wearing size 2 jeans, or visiting Paris in the spring. In other words, it’s a... by AnnSheybani | May 15, 2016 | Writing, writing lessons
I bet you thought this post was going to be about Hamlet, or my existential malaise, but it’s not. It’s a tiny little writing lesson about the use of the verb to be and its many variations–is, are, am, was, were, be, being, been. So, I’ve just...
