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Mindmapping: the Swiss army knife of tools

I like to think of mindmapping as a Swiss army knife for writers. Perhaps the most useful way to use it is as a daily, inspirational tool. Let’s call that the large blade. Then, the second most useful way is as an occasional tool for organizing your writing. Very handy for any long-form projects, like […]

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PubCoach top 10: January 2021

Reading time: About 6 minutes (but very skimmable) Here are my 10 favourite articles or posts from last month, focusing on the most useful, helpful and healthful pieces for writers. North America is still in the deep midwinter, but because I’m lucky enough to live in the damp west coast,

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WHEN to do your researching

I recommend most people in Get it Done (night owls possibly excluded) do their writing first thing in the morning. But writing is NOT the same as researching. Here’s why I suggest a different strategy for the researching process. First, you want to START your day with a solid accomplishment. Writing 500 words is just

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What are ‘pishogues’?

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: pishogues…. I always enjoy reading books by authors from different countries. Almost inevitably, their language or expressions are quite different from my

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Daphne’s bookshelf

There are lots of lists on the internet about the best books for writing. But I’ve noticed that the same five or so titles appear on most of them. In the much-longer list I provide here, I cast a deliberately wider net. But at the same time, I’ve limited myself to only those books I’ve

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