On The Menu: 4-Steps To Better Writing From Professor And Writing Coach Jill Dearman

Today on the media- bistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy‘s Matt Van Hoven were joined by Jill Dearman, a writing coach and profesor who has recently written a writing handbook, “Bang the Keys: 4 Steps To a Lifelong Writing Process.” Jill had some great advice for writers, primarily the tips represented by the acronym “BANG” in the title of her book.

“The four steps are based on the steps that any writer goes through every time he or she sits down to write any work, whether its a piece of fiction, a play, an essay, a memoir what have you,” she explained.

The first step — the “B” in “Bang the Keys” is for begin, “as in you have to begin somewhere and oftentimes some writers have a problem choosing which idea are they going to go with,” Jill said.

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