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  What Writing Are You Going to Start in 2010?

  2045 readers“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.” ~ Doctorow Starting something is not necessarily the same as setting out to finish something. I know that some of the writing goals, hopes, dreams and ambitions you have for this year are about starting and finishing. Some are about finishing things

• 37 Things

  3789 readers37 things you might find as you write your way to the finding of your writing voice: Comfort in your own skin Awkwardness Flow Impossible stuckness Pride Embarrassment Fear Unstoppable confidence Dull, cliched, weighted sentences Orchestras of music playing in your words Understanding Confusion. The collapse of all understanding Remembrance Forgetfulness Recognition, from others. Recognition, from yourself Unrecognisable patterns, fragments of meaning The desire to share The need to hide An audience, supporters, your tribe The understanding

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  Stop Apologising (for the things you’ve never done)

  1703 readersOne of the defining features of confident writing is that it’s not apologetic. Yes, I know it’s good to signal that you’re human, that you’re not perfect, that you have doubts and concerns and things you’re insecure about just like the next person. That’s part of being engaging, warm, human. It’s part of making

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  Poem In Your Pocket | 04.08.11

  6494 readersNext Thursday, The Academy of American Poets will be hosting a rather unique (and very fun) event in recognition of National Poetry Month.  Poem In Your Pocket Day, it’s called.  The name pretty much explains it all–on April 14th, everyone is encouraged to select a favorite poem (or write their own), carry it in their

• How to Smash Writer’s Block Forever

  3569 readersFear. Lack of confidence. Blank-page syndrome. Insecurities. Writer’s block. These are the writing idea killers. Cater to them, and you’ll run out of words, live in doubt and constantly fight with your writing confidence. Destroy them, and you’ve freed yourself from the psychological traps of writer’s block forever. Your writing becomes effortless, ideas flow from a fountain

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  When Should You Not Write? Guest Post by Alex Fayle

  741 readersAnywhere you go, you’ll find lots of advice on how to get yourself writing more, how to create daily pages and how to pump out more words… but sometimes pushing yourself to write just doesn’t make any sense. If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably experienced these moments often. Like when every word that comes

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  Distracted? Tell Me About It!

  1598 readersGot too much on your mind? Can’t focus enough to get started? Too distracted to write? Tell me about it! No I mean literally. Tell me about it. Well not literally literally, I don’t want emails full of all the gunky stuff that will come out when you do this, I simply mean when you

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  How Blogging Gets to the Heart of Things

  2007 readersOne of the things I want to explore in this theme of essential writing (now I’ve got the blocks out of the way ) is whether and how blogging can help us to capture the essence: To hone our writing so we focus on what matters and what counts To find or to recognise the

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  Alphabet Soup: Comparing Alphabets

  2011 readersNot all alphabets contain 26 letters. Here are several comparisons that have like and/or similar characters to the English alphabet(shown above).The Swedish Alphabet - 28The Russian Alphabet - 33The Welsh Alphabet - 28The Polish Alphabet - 35The Spanis...

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  10 Things to Start, and One Thing to Stop

  2126 readersI can’t wait to see what you recommend a writer “should stop in order to start” writing. I just hope its not one of my darlings. This wonderful comment from ellanbethia has been rumbling at the back of my mind since the launch of the start theme at the beginning of this month. Because, guess