Friday's analytical
I'm one of those people who doesn't really know what he thinks until he writes it down. That's from Stephen King's "11/22/63". I'm reading this book now so when I bumped into this phrase, I thought that it's definitely not my way of thinking. And that is why I don't write books for a living.
Like all right-brain people, I get a feeling first and put it into words much later. I write slowly and like going back to re-read and edit the text many times.
In my role as a newspaper editor, I'm especially good at shortening texts, cutting off useless words and moving sentences around to create a solid block of news. It works really well in the newspaper format. Generally, people don't like reading long articles unless it's a really sensitive or shocking subject.
At my other work, we frequently send the information letters to our clients. The letters are long and, doh, informative but not many clients take time to read them. Some don't even open their letters. Can't really blame them - the letters from the government are famous for their wordiness. If I could, I'd edit them the way I'm editing the newspaper articles - cut, cut, cut - the most important stuff stays, the simple words used, the sentences are short, no unnecessary pleasantries, one page max. But I can't do it, it's against the policy. Policies are written by left-brained people.
Like all right-brain people, I get a feeling first and put it into words much later. I write slowly and like going back to re-read and edit the text many times.
In my role as a newspaper editor, I'm especially good at shortening texts, cutting off useless words and moving sentences around to create a solid block of news. It works really well in the newspaper format. Generally, people don't like reading long articles unless it's a really sensitive or shocking subject.
At my other work, we frequently send the information letters to our clients. The letters are long and, doh, informative but not many clients take time to read them. Some don't even open their letters. Can't really blame them - the letters from the government are famous for their wordiness. If I could, I'd edit them the way I'm editing the newspaper articles - cut, cut, cut - the most important stuff stays, the simple words used, the sentences are short, no unnecessary pleasantries, one page max. But I can't do it, it's against the policy. Policies are written by left-brained people.