Tips On Doing Dailies

As he collected his things this afternoon after his brown-bag talk, Ken Fuson grabbed my hand.

"No fat jokes on the blog," he said.

Damn.

In that case, I want to point out something Ken touched on at a time when we tend to be what-do-readers-want?-centric: We should be writing what we're interested in. Like they do at the New Yorker.

Here's to that.

A few others from Ken:

Remember — WHOGARA: WHO Gives A Rat's Ass?

Know the difference between an article and a story.

Always look for the complicating factor. He referenced the children's book "Are You My Mother?" You know it. The story? Baby loses mother. Plot? Baby tries to find mother. Resolution? Baby gets mother.

Easy, right?

He makes it look that way.

Read Ken's stuff here and here.