David SilverbergWant to read my work? Here’s where I’ve been published this quarterOne of the goals I lay out every year is to work for at least three new clients. While I have anchor clients in the Toronto Star, BBC News…3 min read·Dec 5, 2023--2--2
David SilverbergHow do you keep moving forward as a writer?It’s a question I’ve said, and heard, as often as the sunset. What plagues many writers is the dire scenario of being static, progression…·2 min read·Jul 7, 2023--2--2
David SilverbergWhat should you do during your slow weeks? Marketing!Every freelancer experiences the peaks-and-valleys trend in our business: some weeks, you’re overloaded with work and you might even be…·2 min read·Jun 7, 2023----
David SilverbergHone your interview skills to write engaging profilesIf there is any journalistic format I’ve come to specialize in over the past 20 years, it’s writing profiles. It’s difficult to pinpoint…·3 min read·Apr 28, 2023----
David SilverbergWhy my new solo show is the most vulnerable project I’ve ever writtenWhen I went full-time freelance in 2016, I wanted to dive deep into creative projects. First, I wrote a poetry collection published in…·2 min read·Mar 22, 2023--2--2
David SilverbergHow to Tighten Your Writing (Part 4): Avoid clichés and strive for fresh imageryHave you ever read a story or article where the writers is so enamoured by well-worn and tired phrases that you wonder how they ever got…·3 min read·Jan 29, 2023----
David SilverbergHow to Tighten Your Writing (Part 3): Beware the run-on sentenceIn this third part of my four-part series on tight writing, it’s time to learn about the importance of sentence variety.·3 min read·Dec 31, 2022--1--1
David SilverbergHow You Can Tighten Your Writing (Part 2): Avoiding Hedging and QualifiersIn this second part of a four-part series on writing tight, I want to break down one of the less obvious but detrimental offences a writer…·2 min read·Oct 31, 2022--1--1
David SilverbergHow You Can Tighten Your Writing (Part 1): Rejecting RedundanciesWhen I coach writers, whether they work in creative fields or in journalism, I often see how their copy is laden with redundancies and…·2 min read·Sep 24, 2022--2--2
David SilverbergWhat separates great writers from good writers? Discipline.When I coach creative writers, I stress one key point: If you want to be a skilled writer, you need to be disciplined. You have to put that…·2 min read·Sep 8, 2022--3--3
