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 about readability statistics… I’m usually amused when people first learn about readability statistics. […]
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Viewing time: 4 mins 19 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question? How do you write a college application? If you have a question you’d like me to answer you can email me, tweet me @pubcoach, or leave a message for me at
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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 Pamela Paul…. When I heard about Pamela Paul’s “BOB” — an acronym meaning Book of Books — I knew
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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: bricolage…. I like to read the New Yorker not just for the very fine writing but also because it engages me in
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Reading time: About 4 minutes Are you ever undone by writing anxiety? Take some straightforward steps now to get this monster off your back! I’m lucky enough not to feel debilitating anxiety. Sure, I get nervous about things from time to time. But I don’t get that racing-pulse-sweating-palms-heart-in-the-throat feeling that
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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 CBC blog post about whether algorithms help writing… When listening to one of my regular
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Viewing time: 4 mins 17 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question? How do you deal with fear of failure? If you have a question you’d like me to answer you can email me, tweet me @pubcoach, or leave a message for me
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I write today about some figurative language from noted Canadian writer, and two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, Terry Fallis…. I discovered writer Terry Fallis (pictured above) in 2009, shortly after he had won his first Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour
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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: skeevy…. I choose today’s word, skeevy, not because I didn’t know what it meant but because I wanted to take the chance
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I post every Tuesday with my thoughts about writing. But, today, I’m asking you to tell me what’s on YOUR mind. I’m working to plan future articles and resources, and I would love to know the following: What’s one of the writing challenges you’re
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