Ranch Wife's Slant

Tag: writing with purpose

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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….

  • Core Value #2: Inform

    Inform is a core value I feel is an important focus for my column.   With so much misinformation in the media about eating beef, ranching and agricultural practices in general from sources that have never set foot on a ranch, I am able to speak out about the truth but I do so in a…

  • 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…

  • 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 writing…