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 all things, copy editing, but […]
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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 — more to confess a flaw.
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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 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 with a friend where I
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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 find great articles, blog posts
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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 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 car accident, I look away.
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Reading time: Just over 4 minutes Have you ever struggled to figure out your best time for writing? Here’s how to calculate that total, scientifically… In an effort to make lemonade out of the big fat lemon that’s the COVID pandemic, let me suggest you try a small experiment related to writing. (BTW, I’m assuming
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Here is my first instructional video for the Get It Done program. (Thanks to Ann Gomez for introducing me to the software.) My topic? How to use the software ProWritingAid. Because this video depends on seeing what I’m talking about, I’m not going to provide a transcript. If you have ever struggled with ProWritingAid —
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Reading time: Just over 3 minutes A research diary can take a number of different forms, but it will help you declare your opinions about your research AND allow you to stay connected with the writing process…. After reading The Diary of Anne Frank, at about the age of 11, I started keeping a diary.
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