Reading time: About 5 minutes Want to improve your ability to put words on the page or screen? Pay attention to the neuroscience of writing…. Most of us like to think of ourselves as independent and full to the brim with self-will. But, in fact, many of us are directed […]
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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 how to use social media to find new readers… Are you a blogger
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Viewing time: 3 minutes and 49 seconds 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 the third issue, which ran on Feb. 17/17. Transcript Welcome to The Write Question, the
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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 a series of similes from Valerie Perrin… The author Valerie Perrin was born in 1967 in Remiremont, France. Her first novel The Forgotten Sunday , which was
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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: aesthetic… I’m exceedingly grateful that none of my three children ever took up smoking. My father smoked, obsessively, for more than 60
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Both careful planning and a respect for reality are crucial components of any successful writing routine… Are you too perfectionistic about your writing routine? I work with many writers who are. My perfectionist clients give themselves goals — like write 500 words a day — or
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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 post about asynchronous communication… The phrase “asynchronous communication” is a doozy. It sounds academic and dry
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Viewing time: 4 minutes and 10 seconds 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 the first issue, which ran on Jan. 27/17. Transcript Welcome to The Write Question,
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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 a series of similes and metaphors from Matt Haig…. I’m not usually a fan of what’s variously described as magical realism, speculative fiction or fantasy. I try
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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: sycophant… My word-of-the-week column doesn’t just address new and unusual words. It also focuses on ones that many of us know and
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