Word count: 605 words Reading time: About 2.5 minutes Would you like to be a speed demon and demolish writer’s block? Here’s a new e-mail-based class that can help you double or triple your writing speed! It took me more than two hours to finish last week’s newsletter. Not because
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Word count: 678 words Reading time: Less than 3 minutes As those of us in North America approach the end of summer, I offer five tips on how to return to work and beat seasonally-induced writer’s block, no matter where you live. As I sit down to write this column the rain pounds outside
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Word count: 719 words Reading time: About 3 minutes Today I answer a question from a reader who is struggling with the demands of academic writing. My response hinges on mindmapping Read on to learn more…. A reader named Autumn Alexander submitted the following question to the Publication Coach: “I’ve
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Are you a voracious reader? (You should be!) And I think the writers we read can give us great advice about their craft. Today, I launch a new feature about writers…. Readers, I’m beginning a new feature in Power Writing — roughly once a
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Word count: 709 words Reading time: About 3 minutes A recent drop in e-reader prices makes this the perfect time to try out a sweet new technology that makes reading easier than ever… I’ve just returned from a week-long vacation on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast. We filled our holiday with
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Word count: 559 words Reading time: About 2.5 minutes Hot is the opposite of cold. High is the antonym of low. And the profession of “writer” is generally diametrically opposed to “salesperson”…. Or is it?… Back when I was entertainment editor at a metropolitan daily, my phone used to ring
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Are you still struggling with eating frogs — that is, tackling those important tasks you like to avoid? So am I! Here’s what I’m doing about it… I didn’t feel like writing this column today. Blame it, partly, on summer. When the weather becomes warm
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Reading time: About 2.5 minutes Have you ever thought you might sound like a famous author? No need to read anymore. Just let the website “I write like” do all the work! Are you familiar with the writer David Foster Wallace? I had heard of him — especially following his
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Have you ever put a raw frog on your menu? I suspected not! Here’s why you should try to eat one every day — and do it first thing in the morning… I was born organized. In fact, I’m the kind of nut-bar who writes
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Are you writing for the right reasons? You might want to consider the words of singer Freddie Mercury before you continue… Every day — I try and I try and I try — But everybody wants to put me down They say I’m goin’ crazy
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