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One of the best pieces of advice from David Allen’s Getting Things Done is to get things out of your head and onto paper. If you decide to do something, like mow the lawn, your mind thinks you should be doing right now. Your mind, Mr. Allen says, does not know the difference between present [...]
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I don’t know how I let this get by me, but check it out if you want. If you don’t, that’s fine, it kind of sucks and I only spent a few minutes on it. (I’m such a good self-promoter.)
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I closed down my writing blog and moved all of the posts over here. Most of them are available under the tag “writing“.
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No, not this post, this article on the proper use of apostrophes. Please pass it along to your friends, especially those who write things like “Pray for the Frizzell’s.” If there is any justice, there is a special place in the afterlife for those people (they probably send forwards, too).
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Do you use software to help you write? I used to be a big fan of the five subject notebook and tons of hand written notes, but over the past year I’ve joined the digital age.
The first program I use is ZuluPad, a personal wiki of sorts. It helps me organize research and put background [...]
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From S.M. Hutchens (HT Justin Taylor):
If I were to identify what I think is the most frequent mistake of the writers of bad writing we receive, I would say that it is the same that most of us have with speaking: we express ourselves without first thinking clearly and carefully—and with brutal self-criticism–about what we [...]
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After six months and a lot of hard work, I finally finished my first novel. It came in at just about 60,000 words but I expect the second draft will be 75,000.
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A post on fear at my writing blog.
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A story is open-ended. A story invites you into it to make your own meaning. If you look at Jesus’ parables, most of the stories he told were very open-ended.
I mean, even with the Parable of the Prodigal Son, you get to the ending and you think, Well, did the big brother come in or [...]
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So I’m thinking about submitting a story to the Writer’s Digest writing competition (worst website ever, by the way). Is there anyone who has any info on this? Is it just another scam or is it a real contest? Am I just wasting my money? Should I just stick with the Writer’s of the Future?
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Bugles and a Tiger by John Masters
Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II by George MacDonald Fraser
