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Reading time: About 4 minutes Could you turn your writing side hustle into an actual job? Yes, you can. Read on to learn how… I wrote my first national magazine piece as a 27-year-old. They paid me so much I could have bought a car in cash the next day. […]
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Reading time: About 3 minutes If you’ve never tried expressive writing, this post-pandemic milieu may provide the perfect time for you… Readers and clients often ask me if I believe in “free writing”. In case you’ve never heard the term, it refers to writing about anything — whatever is at
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Reading time: About 5 minutes Many people tell me they WANT to write every day, or they have an ambitious daily word count goal, but they just can’t manage to achieve it. Here’s how you can write every day without procrastination…. Have you struggled to establish a sustainable daily writing
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Do you hem and haw? Feel jittery? Wring your hands? Or do you already know how to make good writing decisions? When I was in my mid-30s, I sat down to make a decision that would change the course of my life.I had given birth to
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Reading time: About 4 minutes Is distraction free writing something that eludes you? Read on to learn about five practical tips for achieving it… Here is a scary number: The average person is distracted every 40 seconds when working at their computer.Isn’t that mind-boggling? We can’t work for even a literal minute without being
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute Most of us would like to be faster writers. But how do we get there? Today I address the question: How long does it take to write 1000 words… Do you know how long it takes to write 1,000 words? Or do you know
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Do your emotions ever interfere with your ability to write? Here’s how you can learn how to write when you don’t want to… Many years ago I took on the (unpaid) job of producing a one-time magazine for a volunteer effort. Two days before the
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Reading time: About 6 minutes (easy to scan, though) You’ve probably read a lot about artificial intelligence in the last few weeks. What about ChatGPT for writers? I started paying attention to chatter about artificial intelligence and writing late last year. I was reading a post about it by a
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Don’t fear change. Instead, embrace it. Become an adaptable writer who is able and willing to face whatever comes your way… When I worked at a daily newspaper in the 1980s, my desk was in a large room with roughly 100 other people, most of
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Reading time: About 3 minutes If you’re an academic seeking publication in a peer-reviewed journal, here’s a trick that will dramatically increase your odds of success…. I seldom write posts aimed at only one segment of my audience, but today’s column is intended for academics and grad students. If you
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