Topic : WritingDog EaredBooks we love"Dreyer's English": An Utterly Readable Style Guide March 18, 2019 By Nancy Friedman
Is Dreyer's English "utterly correct"? Of course not, as the author would be the first to acknowledge. But it's compulsively readable, thoroughly helpful, and delightfully funny. For anyone who cares about writing well, it's an utterly essential addition to your shelf of most-reached-for reference books.
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Even if you enjoy being alone, the exquisite loneliness of writing can still be tough. Here are five ways to deal with that.
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Article Topics:Word CountWriters Talk About WritingHow to Bolster Your Long-term Motivation for Writing January 23, 2019 By Daphne Gray-Grant
Finishing a long-term project depends on persistence and stick-to-itiveness. Here are two big solutions to the long-term motivation problem.
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Article Topics:Word CountWriters Talk About WritingHow to Deal with Writer's Guilt December 14, 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.
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Article Topics:Word CountWriters Talk About WritingWhy I'm Writing This Column on a Treadmill October 18, 2018 By Daphne Gray-Grant
A little eccentricity can be a good thing — especially when it simultaneously enhances creativity and alleviates back pain.
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Article Topics:Word CountWriters Talk About WritingHow to Find Your Six Writing Hats September 24, 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.
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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.
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