Reading time: Roughly 8 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. I’m starting to think of COVID-19 as the pandemic that won’t end. Last week I had the suffocating feeling of […]
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In last week’s post, I wrote about highly productive writers. Now I’m going to turn the tables and focus on the editing side of the equation. If you’re in the editing phase of your project — and finding yourself heading in an unproductive direction— this review should help you get back on track. 1-Productive editors
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Viewing time: 4 mins. 24 secs. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question looks at how freelance writers can cope with Covid 19. If you have a question you’d like me to answer you can email me, tweet me @pubcoach, or leave a
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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: ginnel… When I read English authors, I often encounter words that are idiosyncratically British. Of course I can figure out the obvious
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Reading time: Just over 4 minutes Do you know how to exercise during the pandemic? If you’re having a hard time writing, consider lack of exercise may be part of the problem… Is the pandemic keeping you from exercising? If your writing habit is going to heck, lack of exercise may
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I know we’re in the middle of a pandemic right now and your writing may be suffering. That said, take a few minutes right now to review the kinds of attitudes and principles that best support a writing life. And — if you’re finding yourself heading in an unproductive direction right now — these tips
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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: infanta… When I stumbled across the word infanta, I knew I’d seen it before (and probably looked up its meaning) but I
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Reading time: Just over 4 minutes Has your productivity taken a nose-dive during the pandemic? Mine sure has! Here’s why we should all STOP trying to be productive during the pandemic… Before you read today’s post, can I ask you to take 30 seconds to complete a one-question survey? I’m
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Whenever I teach an in-person writing workshop, I almost always ask participants to calculate how they divide up their writing time. I ask them to imagine writing as something that takes place in three stages: Step 1: Preparing to write – and by this, I mean interviewing, researching, mindmapping and planning. Step 2: Writing –
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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: nictitating… My reading last week once again proved the limits of a liberal-arts-oriented education. I encountered the fascinating word nictitating in the
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