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Wednesday, December 3, 2003

Read Aloud to Make It Right

Stuck? Can't seem to make that sentence, paragraph, or line of dialogue read just right? Try reading it out loud. If it sounds right when you read it aloud, its probably okay. If it doesn't sound right you know that your passage needs more work. In a majority of instances the latter case is probably... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 27, 2003

More on Notebooks and Journals

The importance of keeping a writer's notebook (or journal, if you prefer) was just driven home to me again when I stumbled across the following entry in my own notebook: I remember all the years I wanted to write but just couldn't seem to get started. When I did sit down and try to write, I rarely... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Keep a Writer's Notebook

Journal, diary, notebook -- call it whatever you wish. Most writers keep one. I usually call mine a notebook, although I sometimes refer to it as a journal. Notebook just seems to fit better for me. Curiosity compelled me to look up the three terms in my Webster's Unabridged. Diary was defined as "a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 14, 2003

Write About What You Know

and research what you don't know so that you can fake it convincingly. I would be the last person to tell someone to write all autobiographical material. For the vast majority of us that would result in pretty boring material, whether fact or fiction. However our own lives are the best source of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 10, 2003

Writers Write

I know, I know. I'm repeating myself again. There's a reason for repetition, though. It's a great learning tool. Constant repetition makes something sink in so that it is easily remembered. Continued periodic repetition keeps you from forgetting what you've learned over time. I often think about all... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 7, 2003

Read, Write, Revise

The "Three Rs" for writers have been mentioned before in my Everything Else blog "Sex & Violence Sells." They bear repeating for as long as it takes for them to sink in. People who think all you have to do is put words down on paper to become a writer will always fail. Writing is only one third of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2003

Make a List to End Writer's Block

Notapoet doesn't believe in writer's block. He thinks it is really procrastination -- and that is something that he has intimate knowledge of. "So," you say, "how does notapoet combat the dreaded disease of writer's block or, as he so sagely puts it, 'procrastination?'" (He knows you're really... Sign in to see full entry.

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