Tuesday, July 3, 2012

"Leaving it All on the Page" Guest Post on Alex Shvartsman's Blog

I have a guest post today on Alex Shvartsman's blog titled "Leaving it All on the Page."

Here are a couple of snippets:
To “leave it all on the field” in sports means to have not held anything back, to have given your all. I thought of this concept last night watching — of all things — Saturday Night Live audition videos. Here I saw Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, John Belushi… All of them leaving it all on their chosen field. The camera was on just them but you could occasionally hear commentary (and very occasionally, laughter) from those who were watching the auditions. All of these people were skilled performers to have reached that point, but you could see on their faces just how important this moment was to them. It was absolutely fascinating.
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When writing for publication, if you want to reach the top levels, you’re unlikely to meet with success doing things halfway. You have to leave it all on the field or, in our case, the page.
To read the whole thing, go to Alex's blog and check it out.

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