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3 Power Chess Tactics to Improve Your Writing
Simple strategies to win your audience.
I have been a chess player for my whole life. It’s not surprising that many chess strategies translate to the world of writing.
1. Attack
Chess is a battle, just like writing, just like life. You cannot remain passive and expect to survive. Slow, steady consistency is required. Otherwise, you will get run over.
For the writer, this means daily promotion, however small. I post at least one story link every day to either a Facebook Group, Twitter, or in an email to my friends.
I know that if I choose to be passive, I will start moving backward. The interruptions and negative thinking will bulldoze my efforts into non-action. Non-action will result in defeat.
Even though I may still be writing consistently. If I am not attacking for exposure, I will slowly get buried.
2. Don’t be a Desperado.
In Chess, a desperado is a name given to a piece that is lost no matter what move it makes. The player that gets caught in such a situation will usually try and make the best of a bad situation. They’ll do this by capturing a pawn or forcing their opponent into capturing as inconveniently as possible.
