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50 Pieces of Writing Advice From Authors

Mark Twain “Sub­sti­tute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your edi­tor will delete it and the writ­ing will be just as it should be.”
–Mark Twain

More writ­ing advice from authors: [click to continue…]

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Print Magazines Are NOT Going the Way Vinyl Went… and That’s Why.

Magazine publishing continues at Aldine PublicationsCom­par­ing mag­a­zines with music is like com­par­ing a kite to the wind that car­ries it across the sky. The kite is tan­gi­ble, and watch­ing it brings its own kind of joy to the expe­ri­ence; [click to continue…]

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Why Printed Books Will Never Die

The Reader by RenoirDo you love the look and feel of printed books? Are you reluc­tant to start using that Kin­dle or Nook your kids bought you for the hol­i­days? Does the sight of your full book­cases make you smile [click to continue…]

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What Triggers Writing? One Question, Eight Answers

Man writing thoughtfullyA trig­ger is a thing that sparks a result. It acti­vates a pat­tern. Though trig­gers are often described as neg­a­tive things…they can be pos­i­tive. And for writ­ers, they can be pos­i­tively essen­tial. Read the full article →

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New Year’s Resolutions: Read More and Write Better

new-years-resolutionsAs far as New Year’s res­o­lu­tions go, hardly any­thing does one’s men­tal, spir­i­tual, and cre­ative health more good than resolv­ing to read more and write bet­ter. Today’s read­ing list addresses these par­al­lel aspirations…a col­lec­tion of time­less texts bound to improve your rela­tion­ship with the writ­ten word.

The New Year is well under way, but it’s never too late to act on your res­o­lu­tions to read more and write better.

There are many excel­lent guides on the mar­ket to help you improve both of these skills. In fact, there are so many books on read­ing and writ­ing. Which ones should you use?

The end­lessly cre­ative peo­ple behind the Brain Pick­ings web­site have hand-picked a won­der­ful list of nine sug­ges­tions. Be sure to visit:

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/01/09/best-books-on-writing-reading/

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Creative Thinking? It’s Just Ten [Mental] Blocks Away

square-blocks-800x800Rather than look­ing for ways to inspire cre­ativ­ity, you should just real­ize the truth. You’re already capa­ble of cre­ative think­ing at all times, but you have to strip away the imag­i­nary men­tal blocks (or boxes) that you’ve picked up along the way to wher­ever you are today. [click to continue…]

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Five Heming-Ways to Write Well

Ernest-Hemingway-9334498-1-402Many busi­ness peo­ple faced with the task of writ­ing are quick to say, ‘Hey, I’m no Hem­ing­way!’ But who bet­ter than Hem­ing­way to emu­late? Rather than embrac­ing the flow­ery prose of the literati, he chose to eschew obfus­ca­tion at every turn and write sim­ply and clearly.

Hem­ing­way wrote short sen­tences. Lots of them.

You can, too. It can improve your writ­ing. Find out how:

http://www.copyblogger.com/ernest-hemingway-top-5-tips-for-writing-well/

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100 Tips to Alleviate Self-Doubt

Benjamin-smThe real prob­lem here is I doubt my self-doubt! What if this self-doubt’s telling me some­thing? [click to continue…]

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