Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: ossified…. I finished a book that made many top 10 reading lists and was a New York Times bestseller: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn […]
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Reading time: About 4 minutes Want to become a better, more relaxed, more skillful writer? Learn how to improve self-awareness…. I was a 29-year old, standing in the middle of the newsroom where I worked. My six-foot-two-inch boss was looming above me, yelling at the top of his (very large)
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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 on how to reach Millennials with your writing… I was born in August
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Viewing time: 4 mins 39 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question? How do you handle lengthy quotes? If you have a question you’d like me to answer you can email me, tweet me @pubcoach, or leave a message for me at the
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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 Deborah Copaken…. Deborah Copaken is a photojournalist, Emmy-Award-winning news producer and and New York Times bestselling author of several books, including her
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: irenic…. I feel especially happy whenever I discover a word I’ve never seen before. What can it possibly mean, I wonder? And
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Reading time: About 5 minutes Lots of people know about the importance of deliberate practice. But few explain exactly how to execute it. Here are instructions on deliberate practice for writers. As you read my column today, I’d like you to keep one metaphor in mind. Imagine that you want to
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Reading time: About 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 getting enough sleep to be creative… The majority of people in the US
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Viewing time: 3 mins 40 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast all about writing. Today’s question? How can you help a child enter a children’s writing contest? If you have a question you’d like me to answer you can email me, tweet me @pubcoach, or leave a
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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 and metaphors from Madeleine Watts… Madeleine Watts, who grew up in Australia, but who has been based in New York since 2013, writes
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