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How to Deal with Writer's Guilt
Fri Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2018
By Daphne Gray-Grant

The job of writing keeps us feeling guilty for either writing too much or not writing enough. Here are three specific ways to manage writing and guilt so that the pleasure of the first can overwhelm the need for the second.  Continue reading...
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How to Read More Books
Mon Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2018
By Daphne Gray-Grant

If you want to be a writer, you need to be a reader, first. Here's how to fit more reading into your schedule, no matter how busy you are.  Continue reading...
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How to Find Your Six Writing Hats
Mon Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 2018
By Daphne Gray-Grant

We often try to do too much when we think and, as a result, we become confused and ineffective. To break through this log-jam, try switching hats.  Continue reading...
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Writing and Skating
Wed Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018
By Daphne Gray-Grant

I'm a big fan of writing that's larded with metaphor, simile and personification. Here's a bit of figurative language I particularly like: to be a writer is to be a figure skater.  Continue reading...
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How and Where to Find Stories
Mon Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 2018
By Daphne Gray-Grant

Telling stories — even very short ones — is one of the best techniques you can use to make your writing more interesting and more engaging to your readers. I suggest you make it a priority.  Continue reading...
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Why You Should Write Like a Jazz Musician Plays
Wed Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018
By Daphne Gray-Grant

Write like a jazz musician — go with the flow, take risks, accept less than perfect results — and do it secure in the knowledge that you can always edit it later.  Continue reading...
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26 Fantastic No-cost Tools for Writers
Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2018
By Daphne Gray-Grant

Every feel like there's just not enough time in the day to write? Here are some tools, tricks and techniques that don't cost a cent that can help you do your job better and faster.  Continue reading...
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