Word count: 709 words Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Do you let email interrupt your writing? Here are seven ways to manage your email overload. My husband likes to call me the Queen of Email. I think this arises out of my commitment to communication and my breath-taking efficiency […]
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Word count: 200 words 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 writers. Whenever I’m asked to name my hobbies I always give the same responses: reading, walking,
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Word count: 236 words Reading time: Less than 1 minute Each week I identify a sentence from my reading that I’ve found particularly effective. By emulating such writers at Tessa Hadley we can learn a great deal. I’ve written many times about why writers should avoid adjectives and adverbs and
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Word count: 176 words Reading time: Less than 1 minute Need help? Here I tell you about a piece of technology or software for writers. Every month I host a phone call for members of my Extreme Writing Makeover course. I LOVE this part of my job — it’s so
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Word count: 230 words Reading time: Less than 1 minute Building your vocabulary is always a good idea. It benefits your reading and it also helps you be more specific and precise in your writing. Here is my word of the week. I learned a new word this week: spraints.
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Karl Marx wasn’t the only person with a manifesto! We all have principles or writing tips that keep us grounded, organized and enthused. Here is my writing manifesto. I used to loathe writing. I found it both daunting and painful – kind of like going
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Word count: 312 words Reading time: Just over 1 minute Need help? Here I tell you about a piece of software or a website for writers. Call me old fashioned but I’m a big fan of radio. Or, more correctly, a big fan of the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC)– our
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Word count: 237 words Reading time: Less than 1 minute A great way to improve your writing skills is to emulate the work of others. Here is a sentence I read recently that I’d happily imitate. I’ve never been a huge fan of Ernest Hemingway. Perhaps that’s why it
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Word count: 265 words Reading time: About 1 minute Building your vocabulary is always a good idea. It benefits your reading and it also helps you be more specific and precise in your writing. Here is my word of the week, fecklessly. Even a book you don’t like very much
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Word count: 637 words Reading time: About 2.5 minutes How are you doing in the praise department? Are you getting enough? It’s something all writers need… I’m shopping for a Toastmaster’s group right now. This isn’t because I’m scared of public speaking and I’m not particularly bad at it. I
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