Reading time: Less than 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from American writer Patricia Hampl…. The book was lying on my bedside table, and my husband happened to glance at it. “What a […]
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Reading time: About 1 minute Nicholas Read likes to remind writers that words on a page — any words — are always better than a blank page…. Nicholas Read is a former journalist and journalism instructor and a passionate defender of animal rights. Now retired, he still writes the occasional
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Reading time: About 4 minutes Which is better: typing or writing with a pen? The best tool for writing may surprise you…. Is it better to write on your keyboard or with a pen? Clients ask me this question every week, and I always give the same answer: It depends.
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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 how much money writers earn…. The photo at the top of this
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Viewing time: 4 mins. 25 secs. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #123, which discusses how to switch from journaling to toher types of writing.
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Reading time: Just over 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 Caitlin Moran… The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism calls Caitlin Moran (pictured above) the most influential British
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Ed Gandia likes to use mindmapping to keep himself creative during the writing process. Read this interview to learn the other strategies he employs…. Ed Gandia is a business-building coach who works to help established freelance writers and copywriters earn more in less time. His
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Reading time: About 5 minutes Boredom is the bane of many readers. For this reason, it’s worth spending time to make your writing less boring… Have you ever felt the need to stifle a yawn after reading something you’ve written? “Oh boy,” you said to yourself. “That sure wasn’t very
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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 blog post by Dan Bevacqua….. Writer Dan Bevacqua (pictured above), had me at the headline:
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Viewing time: 5 mins. 17 secs. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #122, which discusses how to find a good plagiarism checker. The post first
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