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  How to Use Evernote to Organize Your Writing

  3642 readersI am a note-taker. A list-maker. Always have been. If you’re anything like me, you have handwritten reminder notes scattered over your desk, the living room, the kitchen, and stuck inside the pages of books. You also have typed notes lurking in every corner of your hard drive–some years old, forgotten, never to resurface. Recently, I found

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  Getting Back to the Basics With Your Writing

  1898 readersWhile searching the internet for inspiration for my writing, I stumbled upon this website called Knowledge Unlimited which offers a wide range of educational books ranging from art to social studies. A poster for a middle school writing kit called “The Only 12 1/2 Writing Rules You’ll Ever Need” caught my eye. Only 12 1/2

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  Latest Writing Playlist

  3220 readersIt's been a while since I posted about music! I'm tragically behind on trends, I've no idea what people are listening to at the moment. Nevertheless, below is my latest writing playlist. I'm at the research and planning stages of my third book (one of my favourite parts of the book writing process) so I'm

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  Lyrics and Poetry: Not Exactly the Same Thing

  1205 readersI have just found your blog via Dani Jones's clever article which stopped me looking for an illustrator, but now I have another question which you may or may not be able to answer.I am a music teacher and work a lot with early years, mums and babies, and pre-schoolers, in Scotland. I have a

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  Where to Find Inspiration For Your Novel

  857 readersThere are essentially four sources to find inspiration for a novel when you are brainstorming scenes and the plot, as well as further changes and developments once you begin writing the work. They are: Your Environment The Current Social Climate Past Events in World History Other facets of artistic culture Environment For the most part, your environment is useful in creating

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  How to Learn the Skill of Being Inspired

  1426 readersA writer’s biggest problem is how to find inspiration. Once you have a subject, a character, or a circumstance that fascinates you, it’s all anyone can do to keep you from rushing to the blank page and scribbling away like mad. Writing with inspiration is easy. Finding inspiration can be one of the hardest things in

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  Don’t Let the ‘B’ Word Ruin Your Writing

  1404 readersIn today’s article, Cynthia Morris helps us with approaching a big writing project in the right way. It comes in a blinding, glorious flash of inspiration. “This could be a book! I’ll write a BOOK!” You dance around your house, full of promise and enthusiasm. What had just been a seed of an idea has sprouted

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  On Judging A Book By Its Cover

  1317 readersFrom the time we’re children, we’re told not to judge a book by its cover. We know it’s good advice. We’re aware that what appears on the outside of a book really has nothing to do with what appears inside, or how enjoyable that book will be. Still, there’s always the temptation to pluck the glossiest, most

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  I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll

  1005 readersI watched The Runaways last night. I'd been looking forward to seeing it for ages and I wasn't disappointed. It was brilliant. It made me want to be in a rock band. I actually was in a band once, a long time ago, and only for a summer. We were called The Biscuits (seriously). The