If you want readers to trust you, start by trusting yourself. In fact, embracing uncertainty leads to deeper, more nuanced writing. I’m not saying we should all write with dogmatic certainty. Hey, I might be wrong here, but I think…though I’m not sure.” Almost every sentence begins, inside me, with an ‘I think.’ This is like a tiny little diving board for me, space to venture a theory, to say that I’m speaking from my own experience-and that you my reader, shouldn’t be mad at me because I’m not trying to start a fight. “You wouldn’t believe how many times I have had to cut the phrase ‘I think’ from this book. In "Voice First: A Writer’s Manifesto," Sonya Huber writes: To be sure, manifesting confidence in writing is easier said than done. In other words: let your words speak for themselves. This recent classroom exchange made me smile.įor years, I’ve been saying the same thing to students: Student 1: Sorry, I think I did the assignment wrong. #writing #editing #memoir #immigration #holocaust #advertising #leadership #business Need a spark for your writing project to catch fire? Read “My American Dream: A Journey from Fascism to Freedom.”
Provide structure, workflow, and accountability. Raising children and caring for her husband after his debilitating stroke.įinally, I curated a selection of interview highlights, which became the building blocks of Barbara's book.Īs Barbara says: “All of this was an invaluable foundation for the project.” Her career as an advertising executive breaking the glass ceiling during the “Mad Men” era and Her education at Whitman College and Harvard Business School Her family's escape from Germany and her immigrant childhood Next, I conducted a series of interviews, guiding Barbara to excavate memories and reflect on her life, including: I was honored to coach Barbara in the early stages of writing her memoir, “My American Dream: A Journey from Fascism to Freedom.”īarbara says: “Our work together was the spark that ignited the whole project.”įirst, we met to discuss her vision for the book-and the challenges she faced. In 1940, Barbara Feigin fled Nazi Germany for America. #writing #music #taylorswift #paulmccartney #beatles #AI #copyright ♻️ Repost & follow me Keith Meatto for more. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go write a song.ĭM me and schedule a 15-minute discovery call. In 2020, they met in London to share songwriting secrets with Rolling Stone.īig Reputation + Big Reputation = Big Conversation.Īnd in 2024, they hung out at the Super Bowl. In 2015, the duo performed “Shake It Off” with Jimmy Fallon. Maybe artists need to change their business models.įor now, one of the joys of music-or writing or any creative act-is how different artists make different art within the same basic constraints.Īnd there’s no bad blood between Taylor and Paul McCartney. The rise of AI is making it harder for artists to protect their work. To clarify: I’m not condoning plagiarism or theft.Īrtists should be compensated fairly for their intellectual property.īut what does fair compensation look like in 2024? One person “owning” the rights to a chord progression is as absurd as one person owning specific words, or the entire alphabet. But Sheeran convinced the court that he had used common “building blocks” of pop music. In 2023, Ed Sheeran won a lawsuit defending himself against the estate of Marvin Gaye, which had alleged that his song “Thinking Out Loud” copied the iconic “Let’s Get It On.”
Swift herself has used the harmony in multiple songs.īut I know you can’t copyright a chord progression. That chord progression is almost comically common. I was playing “All Too Well” (My Version) on piano. #work #spanish #español #writing #editing #education #news #podcast Radio Ambulante Estudios Want to elevate your (English) writing project?ĭM me to schedule a 15-minute editorial consultation.Įnjoy this? ♻️ Repost and follow me Keith Meatto for more. Want to step up your Spanish and expand your horizons? Recently, El Hilo launched “Bukele,” a six-episode deep dive into the populist president of El Salvador, arguably the most influential and controversial political leader in Latin America. In each episode, Silvia Vinas and Eliezer Budasoff dialogue with local journalists and experts to share stories that illuminate urgent issues. The latest episode explores the clash between Texas and the Biden administration over the migrant crisis at the southern border. A father whose son disappeared migrating to the U.S. Violence in Ecuador and its impact on students and teachersģ. If you studied Spanish in school or since, El Hilo can strengthen your skills.Įl Hilo offers total immersion in language and news from Latin America.ġ. This weekly podcast is aimed at native Spanish speakers, but suitable if you can comprehend intermediate-level Spanish.