Reading time: About 4 minutes If you want to flourish as a writer, take some simple steps that will make the act of writing less painful and more fun…. As the pandemic starts to fade — in the developed world, at least — I’m noticing lots of talk about languishing […]
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As of June 1/21, I’m going to stop posting weekly articles on my Hidden Page and switch instead to posting several days a week on the Mighty Networks chat group. This new system will give you more frequent access to issues related to writing that I’ve been thinking about. And it will also continue my
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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 the value of getting enough slack time… Many people who are self-employed believe
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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 Michael Lewis…. Many readers know Michael Lewis (pictured above) from his ultra-successful book The Big Short, about the 2008 financial crisis. (It
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Reading time: Not quite a 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: slaked…. I have always associated the word slake or slaked with thirst. But when I recently encountered it in a recent and
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Reading time: About 5 mins (faster if scanning) Here are my 10 favourite articles or posts from last month, focusing on the most useful, helpful and entertaining pieces for writers. With rates of COVID vaccination increasing, those of us in the developed world may be able to enjoy something approaching
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Bridges, connectors or transitions are the words, phrases and stylistic devices that help direct readers through our writing. Sometimes I even like to imagine them as cables that pull our readers along, or hidden invisible stitches that help knit our whole piece of writing together. As an editor with more than 40 years of experience, I can often
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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 tackle the question of whether we’re all too busy to write…. Are you struggling with chronic overload that
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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 for one reader? 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: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Emma Donoghue…. I am a fan of the writing of Emma Donoghue, pictured above. The Irish-Canadian writer achieved significant fame in 2010
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