Reading time: About 3 minutes Does your writing feel “meh” or “blah” to you? Here are five ways to make your writing five times better… Want to make your writing better? Much better? If you don’t like how your writing looks or sounds, there are five easy ways to turn it around. If you do […]
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post on how to improve your writing productivity…. A blog post by Josh Spector recently caught my eye. In it,
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes and metaphors from Casey Cep…. I was introduced to writer Casey Cep when I read her New Yorker article headlined, “We can’t afford to lose the Postal Service.”
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Walking in nature is one of the ways Dhana Musil inspires herself to write. She says it helps prepare her for long periods of sitting and creating… Dhana Musil lives on the unceded and occupied territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh people in British Columbia, Canada. She is a
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Reading will cost you only your time. But it will pay you back by teaching you how to write. Here’s how to read your way to better writing… When I meet with writers, one of my first questions is often, “What do you like to read?” This isn’t just social
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post containing writing advice from the pros… I’m generally a bit skeptical of taking advice from “successful” authors. Yes, their
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute 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 Mark Salzman… There are two reasons to read the excellent 2012 book The Man in the Empty Boat written by Mark Salzman. First, it tells
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Kent Shwendy says that all writers need to develop their own methods and styles for getting words on the page. What works for one person might be ineffective for the next… Kent Schwendy is an engineer and military veteran who balances his day job as a corporate executive with his
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Reading time: About 3 minutes If you’re bad at estimating time for your own writing, check out my post below. I have some useful tips for you. I’m pretty accurate at estimating my writing time now. But it wasn’t always this way. I’ll never forget the writing job I figured it would take me four
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about book proposal comps…. Many writers ask me about how to choose their book comps, while a smaller number
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