My business partner suggested last night that we ought to review some speeches and comment on what makes them great, or not so great. How about we begin with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s remarks in Florida on the date above? Among other...
I don’t know how Eric reacts when he’s engrossed in a book or article and comes across a misspelled word, or the wrong word, a punctuation error or big grammatical goof, but I can certainly tell you how I react. The flow STOPS. I mean literally stops. To...
A few days ago, my partner suggested that I do a blog post about President Barack Obama’s speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. It was a riveting speech. I watched every second of it. What he had in mind was the importance of quality speechwriting....
True story. One day a client said that to me. Honestly, I was surprised. It never occurred to me that so many other writers don’t wish to be called. They put up a website and only allow you to reach them by email. Or by text (probably that text number is...
Here’s an ethical dilemma for the ages. Ghostwriter Tony Schwartz claims that he wrote GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s 1987 blockbuster business memoir, “The Art of the Deal.” He also says that he put a far higher gloss on the man...
