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Writing Advice From Coco Chanel
Legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel had a famous piece of advice for dressing with accessories. It is also the single best piece of advice for writers or for any creative people. If you practice...
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“I Shook The Hand Of The American Dream”: Rick Santorum And The Weirdness Of...
This is about Rick Santorum speaking at the Republican National Convention. But it is not about politics. It is about rhetoric, as in writing and speechifying. Rick Santorum is a fearless stylist....
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Random Notes on Editing
1. Whether working on a business report, legal brief, story or even a non-written creation, you have either had the privilege to edit others or have suffered the tough medicine of being edited. 2. All...
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My Cheap Blank Tablet, My Tabula Rasa
I’ve started keeping a tiny blank black chalkboard on my desk, next to a stick of white chalk. It is also known as a tablet. But I am not confused between it and the three other devices on my desk that...
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One Pen Two Caps
I inadvertently put caps on both ends of one pen. I think this may mean something. But I don’t know what.
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Use Simplenote
If you don’t make and take notes, you probably should. Those great thoughts won’t remember themselves. And when you make and take notes, you should use Simplenote. Simplenote is free and simple....
View ArticleRandom Torah: The Continuing Conjunction in Leviticus 9
Today’s Random Torah chapter (Leviticus 9) is helpful for bible students, students of translation, all writers and all lovers of language. All you need to look at is the very first verse. In Hebrew the...
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Periods and Commas I search the poems of More artful and crafty poets For punctuation Periods and commas Colons and semis Dashes short and long Where do they belong For a while I thought I knew But at...
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This I Can Almost Do When I hear music I think About playing I don’t play When I see pictures I think About painting I don’t paint When I read I write. Who are they to lay claim To words on my lips At...
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Ten Reasons a Letter Board Is a Perfect Gift
Ten reasons a letter board is a perfect gift: 1. It is not digital. For most people, most words are now digital. Words are not digital. 2. It is a perfect place for very short poems, including haiku....
View ArticleAI Writes: Talk to Transformer
Artificial Intelligence (AI) won’t replace writers. No machine can ride the emotional roller coaster that writing can be, and what computer could consume the inappropriate volume of coffee (or alcohol)...
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