Category Archives: Columnists

Make a Name for Yourself: Be a Columnist

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Charlotte Digregorio

If you are in a professional field, being a columnist for a publication will offer immense benefits for you. Each professional field is flooded today, as we become more and more of an over-credentialed society. Those who stand out in … Continue reading →

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Learn These Easy Steps to Become a Great Wordsmith!

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Charlotte Digregorio

You can be a great wordsmith! You don’t have to be naturally creative to become one. All you need is Selma Glasser’s classic book The Analogy Book of Related Words: Your Secret Shortcut to Power Writing. I don’t usually review … Continue reading →

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On Language Patrol: Avoid These Expressions

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Charlotte Digregorio

I’ve been keeping track again of stale language I’ve read in newspapers and magazines these past few weeks. Feature writers and columnists shouldn’t resort to using these hackneyed terms and phrases: 1) pork barrel 2) acid test 3) bone of … Continue reading →

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Consider Your Future as a Successful Writer

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Charlotte Digregorio

Like any other goal in life, if you want to be a successful writer, you have to define where you are now and where you want to go. If you define your writing goals, you can achieve them. They must … Continue reading →

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Writers of All Genres: Get Back to Basics and Get a Reality Check

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Charlotte Digregorio

No matter what genre we write in,  most of us struggle at certain points with motivating ourselves through writer’s block and the revision process. When we find ourselves languishing, often it’s time to start considering the basics again. Even an … Continue reading →

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Feature Writers: Avoid Stale Language

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Charlotte Digregorio

When writers resort to using stale expressions and words, that signals that they are getting lazy. Below are some stale expressions that I’ve run across in newspapers and magazines, that have no place in writing: 1) better half 2) better … Continue reading →

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Is Writer’s Block Becoming A Common Excuse For You?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Charlotte Digregorio

Post these affirmations to your desk or on your computer when Writer’s Block becomes too familiar to you: 1) My greatest piece is yet to come. 2) I can write. I have knowledge, wisdom, and discernment. 3) I have a … Continue reading →

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Feature Writers and Columnists: Make Your Writing Shine

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Charlotte Digregorio

As feature writers and columnists, keep these tips uppermost in your mind. 1) If you don’t know what to write about, look around you, go out and do something, and observe. Drive past something–a business or an organization, and write … Continue reading →

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Prolific Poet Combines His Art with a Cooking Column

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Charlotte Digregorio

Curtis Dunlap, an information systems administrator at a community college in North Carolina, frequently writes when he’s not on the job. He’s not only a prolific poet, but he writes a cooking column and combines it with his poems that … Continue reading →

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