Reading time: Less than 3 minutes This may sound crazy but if you want to reach your goals you may have to reduce them. Here are the benefits of beginning to reduce your writing goals… If you speak the ‘language’ of goals, you’ll understand there are all sorts of rules […]
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Our society is obsessed with accomplishment. But doing nothing can make you more creative. Why not try that this summer? Would you feel better about your holidays if I told you that doing nothing would increase your writing creativity? I’m not making this comment
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Reading time: Less than 5 minutes The dreaded phrase ‘lit review’ strikes terror in the heart of many grad students. Here’s how to remove the fear and write a better lit review…. Imagine there’s a subject about which you know a great deal. Let’s say it’s soccer. As you try to
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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 New Yorker article about bibliotherapy…. Here’s a word to learn: bibliotherapy. And a profession: bibliotherapist.
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Reading time: Just over 3 minutes Do you understand how many of the blogs you read and the podcasts you hear earn their money through advertising and sponsorships? In the world of the internet, it’s a case of buyer beware… How do you feel about advertising on the internet? And
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Reading time: Just over 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 computer keyboards…. We recently had our back door repaired and I’ve been
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I’m out-of-town for a few days taking a brief holiday. I’ll be back in time for my column on Tuesday, July 10. Happy 4th of July to my American friends. Have a great week!
Reading time: Less than 5 minutes Looking for some recommended books in time for summer reading? Here’s my semi-annual roundup of books I’ve read this year. I aim to read 52 books every 12 months, and my habit is to post a complete list of the names of them for you, in
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Have you written a book and then struggled with marketing it? I get regular emails from readers in this situation. Many of them, it seems, are allergic to book marketing…
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Reading time: Just over 3 minutes Do you regularly “run out” of time? Psychologist Gay Hendricks has some intriguing ideas that can help writers find more time to write. How do you visualize time? Perhaps you see it as a bucket full of water, being drained? Or maybe you imagine
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