I’ve suggested that you need to make a map when you are writing. Often, this is true, especially when you are stuck or when you are pressed for time. There are times, however, when you don’t want to follow a map. You just want to hit the road and see where it takes you. It’s good to do this in writing too. I don’t recommend it when you are on deadline or if...
Read MoreI don’t expect everyone to like everything I write. Heck, I don’t like everything I write. The problem comes when you can’t quite figure out what’s wrong or worse when the person for whom you are writing just doesn’t like it. The trick to fixing it is to figure out what’s gone wrong. Is it the grammar? Is it the fact? Is it the set up of the document?...
Read MoreMy brother used to torture me with this little rhyme: “Pete and Repeat were out in the boat, Pete fell in and who was left?†Being the gullible little sister, I’d obligingly say “Repeat,†which he, of course, would do. Over and over and over. In writing it’s easy to fall into repetition, getting stuck using the same words repeatedly throughout a piece....
Read MoreIt’s easy to get lost when you are writing. You often start out okay having at least a sense of where you want to go. You know about how many words you need. You know roughly what you want to say. But this is just a picture of where you are headed. How are you going to get there? Take a lesson from the road. You wouldn’t hit the streets with just a...
Read MoreThere will come a time when you are writing – for some it happens every time – when you are absolutely 100 percent sure that what you are writing is complete garbage. This especially happens when you are writing something long or something very important. You will hate it. You will wonder why you thought you could write in the first place. You will...
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