Reading time: About 2 minutes While many of us associate timers with cooking, using a timer can be an excellent way of persuading yourself to do some important work… By Ann Gomez Years ago, a patient colleague listened to me bemoaning a big task I was struggling to start. Moments […]
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about metaphors and similes from the Prince Harry memoir, Spare… I hadn’t planned on reading the memoir of Prince Harry — son of King Charles and Diana, the
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Reading time: About 4 minutes When you sit down to write, do you find yourself lured away into the world of daydreams? Here’s how to stop your mind from wandering… When I was doing my undergrad degree — decades ago — my mind used to wander all over the place. I’d
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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 Doug Stevenson…. Are you the type of writer who craves recognition —
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Viewing time: 4 mins. 35 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 #79, with advice on how writers can avoid outlines. The post first ran
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors by Curtis Sittenfeld… A graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Curtis Sittenfeld is the bestselling author of seven novels. Several
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Much as you might want to finish your to-do list, actually accomplishing that task is not a very good idea….. By Ann Gomez I hope you never complete your to-do list. The reality is each of us will always have a list. We can cross
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Reading time: About 4 minutes Clients often ask me if their writing is “professional enough.” Here’s how to know if your writing is good enough to make the grade… I used to read a blog written by someone who had serious writing challenges. I was interested in her content, so I usually forced myself to
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Viewing time: 4 mins. 40 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 #78, with advice on how to make time for writing. The post first
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from Kent Haruf… Masterful American author Kent Haruf, who died in 2014, worked in a variety of places before he started writing. These
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