Reading time: Less than 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors and similes from Lily King… I don’t know whether to be delighted or alarmed that the Artificial Intelligence lurking inside my Kindle […]
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: faffing…. I had heard that a recent book by Benjamin Dryer was a delightful, amusing read and that it was about, of
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Reading time: Less than 5 minutes Do you want to learn how to get better organized? I’m an imperfect person in so many different ways, but I do know a few helpful things about organization… I am the best organized person I know. I say this not to brag —
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I read the New York Times somewhat obsessively — for information, for entertainment, to enjoy mostly fine writing — particularly since the arrival of COVID-19. But when I read a recent piece — by a medical doctor about postpartum depression— my mind was immediately taken to the topic of writing. Here was the paragraph, written
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Reading time: Less than 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors and similes from Taffy Brodesser-Akner…. I have a friend who used to tell me his favourite movie — by an unbelievably overwhelming
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: luffing… I have sailed fewer than a dozen times in my life. And while I enjoyed the sport — particularly one outing
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Reading time: About 6 minutes (but very scannable) Here are my 10 favourite articles or posts from last month, focusing on the most useful, helpful and healthful pieces for writers. Is anyone else a little tired of this pandemic? (Rhetorical question.) I spent this month making an explicit effort to
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I think every Get It Done member knows that I don’t recommend outlining before writing. But outlining is a very clever trick to use AFTER you’ve written. And you can even get MS Word to help you prepare that outline. I’ve made a video, below, to show you exactly how to do that. This video
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Reading time: Less than 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors and similes from Elizabeth Wetmore… Before devoting herself to writing, Elizabeth Wetmore (pictured above), tended bar, taught English, drove a cab, edited
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: asymptote… I am drawn to stories on the coronavirus the way some people are drawn to car accidents. Whenever I pass a
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