Comments on: Interview: Yaro Starak

By: Cherie

Cherie — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:47:16 +0000

Steven,

Very well said.

By: Cherie

Cherie — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:46:30 +0000

Tim,

I’m interested in it as well! Yaro’s blog is one of my favorites to read, I’m sure the fictional book will be as well.

By: Steven Goldsmith

Steven Goldsmith — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:45:44 +0000

Yaro never says anything that isn’t useful. And if you read his blog you’ll see that his writing style is ideal for blogging: friendly and fluent without being flippant.

Although I agree with him that writing talent isn’t paramount for bloggers (useful content being far more vital), as a writer I’m very frustrated by the prevalence of really poor writing among bloggers. I’d love to see bloggers adopt a code of practice with some minimum standards including:

1 Don’t be boring.
2 Don’t waffle.
3 Keep it simple, stupid.
4 Learn basic grammar.
5 Proofread.
6 Yes, proofread. It doesn’t take long!!

By: Tim Moon

Tim Moon — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:52:25 +0000

Although it’s a ways off, I’m interested in this novel Yaro is thinking about writing. Why head into fiction?