Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Saturday, January 13, 2024

Mistakes Writers Make when Editing Their Own Work

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·         Skipping the Break: After completing a draft, writers often jump straight into editing without taking a break. A little distance f...
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Skills we should keep or lose 3

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 As computerization continues formerly essential skills like writing or being a human calculator have perished. It’s hard to get a bead on w...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Why writers write

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I have written, since I retired, over 5, 000 separate posts. Some of my friends ask me why I write. The following from Brain Pickings may he...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Carrot Ranch

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 A friend of mine is a writer and one of his writings was selected for an anthology of writing published by Carrot Ranch at The Congress of...
Sunday, October 4, 2020

Procrastination

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  Procrastination is an incredibly common problem, and I am using it as an excuse, for not doing an important task that I really don’t want ...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

Little Johnny's Back

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The teacher asked the class to use the word "fascinate" in a sentence. Molly put up her hand and said, "My family went t...
Thursday, July 5, 2018

3000 and counting

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This is my 3000 post. I started with a post about the news I was going to be a grandfather.almost 8 years ago. This was about a month after...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Writing

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 I love this, you know, writing every day. Do you know how I got it? I just started doing it. And that's all anything takes. Ma...
Friday, September 22, 2017

Top online courses to improve writing

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In retirement, many people take on new adventures and new hobbies. Some take up writing so t he following would be of great interest to th...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Why do writers write?

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My friends and others sometimes ask me why I write this blog, a good question and one that has no easy answer. The easy answer is that I am...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

The history of the English Language in 10 minutes

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Brain Pickings is a wonderful site that has some quirky and interesting ideas and thoughts. I found this on their page and thought I would...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Do you keep a journal?

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Keeping a journal will absolutely change your life in ways you've never imagined." - Oprah Winfrey This article was written by D...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Writing is good for the soul

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A post written by Leo Babauta is the owner of ZenHabits.net , a website devoted to providing clear and concise wisdom on how to simplify yo...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Chasing Words

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I hear them in my head; words that whisper but I cannot catch the details of the whisper over the background sounds. The words are out of r...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

Writing for the Internet

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While many writers are eager to write for the Internet, it is important to consider the key differences between writing for a traditional pr...
Friday, March 4, 2011

Is one of your resolutions to get noiticed by the Press?

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Back in the early 90's  when I ran my seminars on setting up/marketing small business I would talk about the importance of the Press rel...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Writing

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One common element whenever human beings gather is the need to talk and share experiences. Often that need turns into something a little mor...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Lessons from childrens books for writers

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Looking for inspiration ? Try the children’s bookshelf. Dr. Seuss has entertained young (and old) audiences for nearly 50 years with titles ...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Writers Block

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As a writer, I struggle with writers block and part of that struggle is the internal battle over inspiration and self criticism (*My Muse). ...