Daphne Gray-Grant

Some finer points for mindmapping

Do you mindmap regularly? I regularly teach workshops on this practice, so I thought I’d share a few of my super-user tips with you. (If you’re a newcomer to the topic, go here for everything I’ve written or recorded about mindmapping.) Here are my tips: Always put a question in the centre of the page. […]

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Know when it’s WISE to give up

I’m a very determined person. My husband suspects I have a smallest trace of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and the rest of the family knows not to tell me to “relax” or “give up” when I have my mind firmly set on something. My writing has been a rock-solid habit for more than 10 years

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How to deal with a bad day

Two members of the Get It Done Group had a bad day recently and wrote to me about it in their daily reports. You know what our mothers said about bad days, right?: Everyone has them. Here are my suggestions for dealing with a bad day. Consider whether some outside source is affecting your judgment.

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How to find beta readers

Beta readers are people who will review an early draft of your manuscript. I strongly encourage everyone in this program to identify beta readers who can help them. Here’s who you should ask to be a beta reader: Someone who is interested in reading and/or well informed in your subject area Someone who has some

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Five writing lessons I learned from ‘Your Happy First Draft’

Reading time: Less than 5 minutes What writing lessons do you need to learn? Here are five I picked up when writing my soon-to-be published book…. My second book, Your Happy First Draft, went to the printers in September 2019. That month also marked another important occasion: The 700th issue of Power Writing, this weekly newsletter/blog that

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How you can find a writer to emulate

When you think of finding an author whose writing style you can emulate, it can be hard to put your finger on exactly what they do that works. Here’s how I suggest you approach the job of identifying such an author: First, understand there’s no such thing as an author who is going to be seen

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