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Curation Corner: One writer’s mindshift
Picked up this Neil Gaiman gem in a Quora discussion: What one tip changed your writing forever?
500 Word Challenge
Ten Writing Prompts for Feb. 17
“Ready? Now close your eyes and count back from twenty…” They had everything and we had nothing… We never expected our innocent little lemonade stand to… It was pure joy/boredom/hate/love at first sight… Title: Night of the Zombies Title: Donald Trump Meets Forrest Gump My cruel words hung in the Read more…
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Curation Corner: Writing With Continual Direction
This quote from William Zinsser [On Writing Well is his best-known work.] takes an opposite tack to yesterday’s Writing With No Direction post. Writing is linear and sequential; Sentence B must follow Sentence A, and Sentence C must follow Sentence B, and eventually you get to Sentence Z. The hard Read more…
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Curation Corner: Writing With No Direction
This snappy piece by David Ben-Ami really speaks to the value of Julia Cameron’s ‘morning pages’. (Dropping two names in one sentence. Have I no shame?)
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Curation Corner: And then there’s this on revising…
The ordinary writer is bound to be assailed by insecurities as he writes. Is the sentence he has just created a sensible one? Is it expressed as well as it might be? Would it sound better if it were written differently? The ordinary writer is therefore always revising, always chopping Read more…
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Curation Corner: The Traffic Light Revision Technique
It’s easy to urge each other to crank out ideas and imagery. Countless articles and posts urge us to dive in and heat up that pen or keyboard. But what about those next steps, where the real work kicks in? Copyblogger editor-in-chief Stefanie Flaxman’s Traffic Light Revision Technique weaves much-needed, Read more…
baking
I should be writing. Instead…a culinary escape
My video of a soothing, sumptuous escape from daily realities… Better yet, just pour yourself some coffee/tea, snag a treat, and follow the links below… I have watched these shows multiple times and inevitably dream of a pastry/bread-driven road trip. Note: The people are just as appealing as the treats. Read more…
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Curation Corner: Writers, don’t panic!
I recently signed up for daily delivery of Jon Winokur’s Advice to Writers, so I’m essentially curating his own curation. Today’s advice comes from Australian writer [and then some] Clive James. “The only thing I’ve got better at as the years have gone by is I’ve grown more resigned to Read more…
creativity
I should be writing. Instead…expanding my vocabulary.
Mentalfloss.com comes through again. 38 Wonderful Words with No English Equivalent Such as, from the nation of Georgia, shemomedjamo–the inability to stop eating a food item or meal. Usage: He reached for the unopened bag of kettle corn, knowing full well that shemomedjamo was inevitable. Or, from Ghana, pelinti–to move Read more…
Inspiration
An Austin Kleon writing strategy: Keep dumb thoughts.
Austin Kleon encourages us to be attentive and diligent in writing down all our thoughts and sift through them for later exploration. How about ratcheting up your powers of attentiveness? Here are a few ideas from Cris Freese in this Writer’s Digest article. Reminder: Simply restricting one or more of Read more…