Tag: column writing
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Plays Well with Words
I like to use idioms and puns in my writing to add interest to my column. I enjoy surprising the reader or making them wonder if a pun was intended or not. The Free Dictionary is an online tool I use for looking up idioms. Sometimes I look an idiom up to see if the meaning…
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A Ranchwife’s Slant’s Core Value #5: Expand
Expand is a core value that is mostly a regular reminder of a continuous goal I have to grow in my column writing. It’s a core value that keeps me focused on improving and growing in different aspects of my column as well as my writing in general. The biggest goal is to expand my…
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Core Value #4: Entertain
Entertain is the core value that I have the most fun with. Writing to entertain is the highlight of writing my column. Newspapers provide people with local, national, and world news; stock market reports, forecasts, classifieds, letters to the editor, and columnists. I seek to give readers something more entertaining than negative news or my…
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Core Value #3: Delight
Delight is one of my favorite of A Ranchwife’s Slant’s core values. Because the goal is to get readers to read my column, I feel that delighting them is the best way to get them to come back. People feel good when they read something that’s real, funny, or something that they can relate to….
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A Ranchwife’s Slant Core Value #1: Connect
One of the most important core values in my writing is to CONNECT. I feel that writing in a way that connects with readers is what will keep them interested in reading each and every future column. I try to think about how my topic might relate to my readers; whether they’re fascinated by ranch…
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The Core Values of A Ranchwife’s Slant Column
Monday is the day I’ve designated to sharing about my column writing life when I think of something worthy and non-boring to share. Over the next five Mondays, I will elaborate on the five core values I established for my weekly column, A Ranchwife’s Slant. It wasn’t until a year or so after I started…
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Column Drafting Preferences
When I sit down to write a column, I start here: Some writers head straight for the computer keyboard but I start out with a pen and notebook. That’s why I buy a ton of these. I’m not particular or very specific; I like variety and will use a different style notebook every time I…