Daphne Gray-Grant

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How to spend the right amount of time researching

Whenever I teach an in-person writing workshop, I almost always ask participants to calculate how they divide up their writing time. I ask them to imagine writing as something that takes place in three stages: Step 1: Preparing to write – and by this, I mean interviewing, researching, mindmapping and planning. Step 2: Writing – […]

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How NOT to stretch a little bit of work so it takes up the whole day

Just about everyone in the world is working from home (except for health care workers, grocery clerks and cleaners) right now. As a result, more people than ever before are wondering how to make themselves more effective. Particularly when their attention is pulled in a multitude of directions (kids, household chores, job-related work and monitoring

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PubCoach Top 10: Covid-19 edition

Reading time: Just over 6 minutes Here are my 10 favourite articles or posts from last month, focusing on the most useful, helpful and healthful pieces for writers. We live in the time of coronavirus, worried about the world’s health, scared about our financial security and bored from being stuck in our homes or apartments. 

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How to cope with Covid 19 or any other disaster

Is worry about Covid 19 making it difficult for you to write? (Or has there been any other disruption to your regular schedule?) Here are eight tips that will help you maintain your writing habit even during these extraordinarily difficult times: Keep a regular routine: If you normally get up at 7 am every day

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What does ‘scarpered’ mean?

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: scarpered… I don’t read many murder mysteries but when a book is recommended by the New York Times, I’ll consider spending some time with it. Ruth Ware’s

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