Reading time: About 4 minutes Halloween may bring out the creepy crawlies, but perhaps you’re already dealing with a monster: fear of editing It’s not often that my newsletter goes out on Halloween, so I want to mark the occasion with a post on fear. Not fear of writing, which I’ve written about before. Not […]
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Reading time: Less than 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 tip from consultant Emily Agnew… When my friend and colleague Emily Agnew (pictured above) gave me a tip some months
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Viewing time: 5 mins. 48 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #82, with advice on juggling different types of writing. The post first ran on Jan. 25/19. Transcript:
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about metaphors from poet Maggie Smith…. I had never heard of a poem going “viral” until I heard about the poem Good Bones by Columbus, Ohio poet Maggie Smith. I immediately went searching
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Reading time: About 2 minutes It’s just about impossible to avoid getting interrupted. As a result, we all need some better strategies to manage interruptions…. By Ann Gomez Pssst. Have a minute? I’m going to let you in on a secret. If you want to get the most out of your time, you need to
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Sometimes, your desire to be a good editor can be the biggest problem standing in your way…. I know the subject line of this post might seem a little odd — counterintuitive, even. Why shouldn’t you want to be a good editor? Wouldn’t every writer on the planet want to
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Reading time: Less than 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 undercharging your writing…. Few topics make freelancers more nervous than their rates. I know I hate raising
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Viewing time: 5 mins. 24 secs. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #81, with advice on becoming a freelance writer. The post first ran on Jan. 18/19. Transcript: Welcome to
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Reading time: About 2 minutes While many of us associate timers with cooking, using a timer can be an excellent way of persuading yourself to do some important work… By Ann Gomez Years ago, a patient colleague listened to me bemoaning a big task I was struggling to start. Moments later, she returned with a
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about metaphors and similes from the Prince Harry memoir, Spare… I hadn’t planned on reading the memoir of Prince Harry — son of King Charles and Diana, the late Princess of Wales. I’m
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