Word Count: 732 words Reading time: About 3 minutes Want to improve your writing? Stop doing these 17 things! Negative writing tips, I find, can be just as helpful as a positive ones. And, often, they’re far more memorable. Here, then are 17 things you should stop doing immediately, if […]
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Reading time: About 2.5 minutes Have you ever heard me talk about mindmapping and wondered what all the fuss was about? Here’s an explanation… I bribed my daughter last week. When she asked for help with an essay I looked her squarely in the eye and said, “Have you done a
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Word count: 753 Reading time: About 3 minutes Have you ever thought of “batching” your work? This is an exceptionally important tool for writers, students and anyone who works in the creative arts…. There’s a funny ad on TV right now about a guy named Dave. A red-headed man with
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Word count: 622 words Reading time: About 2.5 minutes I love new year’s resolutions but I make them very carefully. Read on for some valuable advice…. Do you make new year’s resolutions? The 13 most popular resolutions in the U.S. don’t mention writing but my bet is you’ve probably included writing
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Word count: 719 words Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Do you recite your writing ALOUD before submitting it? You should! Read on to learn why…. I grew up in a family that didn’t eat turkey for Christmas every year. My favourite holiday entrée? Fresh crab! We never wrapped gifts
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Word count: 530 words Reading time: Just over 2 minutes Do you think that you must brush your teeth for 30 minutes or it’s not worth spending any time with a toothbrush? Of course not. Don’t think that about writing, either! When I was 11 years old, I went to
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Word count: 750 Reading time: 3 minutes Many of the writers I know find math intimidating. I think it is, too. But that doesn’t stop me from using it! I passed math 11 only by promising to never, ever, take math again. At the time, I thought it was a
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Word count: 758 words Reading time: About 3 minutes Do you think being a multi-tasker is a good thing? I’m not sure it’s even a possible thing… Back when my husband was young enough to wear short pants, his mother used to do the family ironing while talking to her mother-in-law,
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Reading time: About 3 minutes I’m a writer who’s more than ready to sing a battle hymn –- just not one like bestselling author Amy Chua. Much in the news in recent months, the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, irritated me. I’d read the comments in the New York Times, the Guardian, and
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Word count: 654 words Reading time: About 2.5 minutes Do you tend to criticize yourself while you write? This self-sabotaging behaviour can spell the beginning of writer’s block. Here’s how to nip it in the bud. One of my 17-year-old daughters sometimes slaps the side of her own head and says,
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