Category Archives: writing

Scare Yourself a Little, Frustrated Lawyer-Writers

November 1 is breathing down our necks! Why does this matter? Well, there’s this thing I write about sometimes, called NaNoWriMo–short for National Novel Writing Month. It’s an annual event, in which many seemingly sane people commit to writing 50,000 words during the month of November. And yes, many lawyers have participated! I’m going toContinue reading “Scare Yourself a Little, Frustrated Lawyer-Writers”

What If Laziness Isn’t the Problem with Your Job Search?

I particularly don’t believe in lazy when it comes to people who managed to make it through an academic career with the grades to get into law school, to get through law school, and to get through the bar exam.

What I do believe in is fear. One way or another, fear is the root of behavior that we misguidedly call laziness.

Time To Yourself–What Every Stuck Lawyer/Writer Needs

Time alone gives back far more than the minutes it takes. By paying attention to your own unique interests and pulls, you connect more with your wellspring of inspiration. I don’t know anyone who can’t use more of that.

Maybe You Really Are a Writer, Unhappy Lawyer

The thing that makes you a writer is pretty simple: You write words. There’s no need to pick apart whether your words are good, or what’s your motivation to write, or whether you can make a living as a writer. If you want to write, and you write words, you are a writer.

One idea per sentence, lawyers. Please.

Lawyers constantly fear that their words will be taken out of context, so they cram qualifiers in every sentence to combat that possibility. Living in and acting out of fear produces many bad results, and hideous legal writing is but one of them.