This is not Lana. It is her dog Henry. (Image source: Lana Hirschowitz on Instagram)
Today we’re Ask A Grown Writer-ing with Lana Hirschowitz, a fellow compadre at Kidspot, but also a blogger at The Sharpest Pencil. Lana previously worked at Mamamia for five years and launched iVillage on our shores too. I asked Lana for her top three tips for online writing. Here’s what she said…
My top three off my head1. Feel free to be yourself – write as if you are sending an email to your best friend Don’t over think it – you don’t need “fancy pants” words, analogies and parts of speech you just need to say what you are thinking
2.If you can give your reader a little something extra to remember the post do it – a link to learn more, a song that you associate with the topic, a youtube video that shows your point, a diagram, a picture, something/anything to take away . Help them to create more links with you in their heads. Use these tools rather than more words. Long posts are looooooong.
3. You can always edit shoddy work later on down the track so just get your thoughts out. Always easier to reassemble words than to play with a blank page.
Bonus extra – catch them with your first line so they can’t look away