My Crazy Dozen.
The Rebel Writer’s Guide For Non-Dummies
Who am I talking to this time? They would be public speakers, lecturers, PowerPoint presentors, resource persons, debaters, reviewers, essayists, biographers, autobiographers, authors, ghostwriters, columnists, journalists, consultants, managers, even proposal packagers in science. And why is that? All of them must be good writers first before they can be good at what they’re supposed to be doing. Those who can afford can hire good writers, so I’m not writing for those dummies.
Why am I not writing instead A Writer’s Guide For Dummies? Because there are too many of them already. The non-dummy reason I will not write a dummies’ book for writers is that you can’t write if you’re a dummy. Full essay
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January 7th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
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January 8th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Sir,
I read this article word for word. But I have to admit that I didn’t read the paragraphs consecutively. I started with the first 3 paragraphs, I scrolled down to find out where the 12 tips are, I scrolled back up again, read some more paragraphs, and finally, read all the 12 tips in reverse order.
Let me share something: I never got attracted to those ‘for dummies’ books. Somehow I refused to believe or could not get myself to accept that I am a dummy -vain of me, really- who will have to test my ‘dumminess’ by buying a book for dummies. Of course, the real reason is that I have a very good (wireless) access to the Internet in my university that allows me to do all the research/surfing I want. So why spend my limited income for what in reality is a book for pros, as you correctly said?
Kindly keep my name in your contacts list. I’ll send my Dad (who is 81 and is computer literate!) a copy of your article so he too can learn from you.
Have a fruitful 2008, Sir.
January 29th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
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