Reading time: About 3 minutes Today’s column encourages you to save most of your writing but describes the circumstances under which you might want to discard it — or, at least, put it on hold. Let me start with a confession. You are not reading the newsletter I originally intended …
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Today’s column describes how my daughter’s scoliosis reminds me of the additivity of small numbers and how this principle can have a dramatic impact on your writing. My 15-year-old daughter and I share many traits. We’d both rather eat a really good piece of cheese …
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Today’s column describes why you’re never too old or too “untalented” to be able to write. Bottom line? It’s never too late to write. I’m a bit of a foodie so it makes me blush to hold up Kentucky Fried Chicken as an example of …
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Today’s column describes three ways for getting out of your own head — and into the minds of your readers. Let’s call it 3 writing lessons… Last Tuesday morning I was walking through our house. Not the house I’m living in now, which is a …
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Today’s column discusses how the teaching of writing has been devalued by the current school system. Back when I went to high school (that would be in the dark ages when our cave classrooms were lit with Survivor-style torches and we chiseled hieroglyphs onto …
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Today’s column discusses how to make great decisions about spending money on your writing. A friend of mine turned 50 this week and threw a big party to celebrate. The good news? The party was tons of fun. The bad news? It was a costume …
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Do you want to improve your writing process? Today’s column will give you five key tips for better writing. School has changed a lot since Sister Mary Rosa taught me to read in the 1960s — but one thing doesn’t seem to have evolved. The teaching …
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Reading time: About 3 minutes I’m not particularly good with numbers but one thing I learned early — there’s something special about the number three. Today’s column focuses on the magic of three. “Don’t forget to ask about the cat, the wireless and the peacock.” That instruction, from my son, made …
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Learning to write is really an apprenticeship. Today’s newsletter focuses on writing quotes and advice from some of our best-known masters. Many of the the comments are amusing, some are serious, but all provide ample food for writerly thought. I was going through some files …
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Today’s column focuses on the subject of writing talent. Many of us consider “talent” to fall into the same general category as “luck” or a “gift.” Continue reading to learn why that’s a bad idea! I must confess, I both admire and dislike the American …
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