William Wren

What is the point of success?

by Bill Wren on March 13, 2010

Success is a moving target. It’s a cloud formation never the same one day to the next – even one minute to the next. What on earth is it? I sent off a question today that asked, “Have we misunderstood the purpose of business and career success? Have we made business/career success an end rather [...]

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How Kurt Vonnegut defined social media:
connection precedes communication*

by Bill Wren on February 26, 2010

There are loads of books and gazillions of web sites and blogs on social media. You could spend the rest of your life reading about it – the data, the theories, the what-have-you. But if you really want to understand social media you can cut to the chase and read just one guy: Kurt Vonnegut. [...]

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Ten off-the-cuff writing rules

by Bill Wren on February 22, 2010

I began this list last Thursday. I finished it off Saturday morning. Surprisingly, on Saturday I also came across Ten rules for writing fiction. It seems I wasn’t alone in putting together a list. (Those writers, by the way, are much better than I am so their lists should carry a good deal more weight [...]

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Books that have influenced me

by Bill Wren on February 20, 2010

I’ve just quickly created a page of books that have influenced me. In fact, while it’s page name is “Books” the secondary headline is Books that have influenced me. It’s a short list — just five. I think of all of them as related to writing though only one is specifically about writing. Most are [...]

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A few links worth a look

by Bill Wren on February 20, 2010

I’ve been busy this week and haven’t posted anything. (The web collectively mutters, “Thank heaven!”) But I have come across a few things that caught my attention. The first is oodles of writers providing their rules for their craft and while it is in a fiction context many, if not all, are applicable to any [...]

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