It’s popular these days to push the idea, especially on blogs, that writing directly is somehow more authentic, more real. I don’t believe that. I do write a lot of my stuff directly, but only after spending some time thinking about it. Thinking only while you’re writing is not the way to get your point across.

Let’s step back for a second and think about what our writing is about, it’s about communication. If we want to get someone else to understand us, we need to organize our thoughts so they can understand them. Unless you’ve put some thought into them, your thoughts are likely to be disorganized. That may be ‘authentic’, but it’s not understandable.

Categories: The Basics