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Tag: Writing Advice

March 5, 2021 From The Editor's Desk / Writing

Getting Words on the Page: Writing Routines

Like most things in life, there’s no “one size fits all” solution here. Every writer works differently and has different

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October 10, 2017 Quote / Words / Writing

A writer is… by Ursula K. Le Guin

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words

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June 6, 2016 From The Editor's Desk / Literary Arts Series / Monday Musings / Quote / Writing

Mark Twain on Writing: “Kill your adjectives”

Mark Twain, who read widely, was passionately interested in the problems of style; the mark of the strictest literary sensibility

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April 4, 2016 Writing

David Ogilvy “How to Write” Memo (1982)

Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs In September 1982, David Ogilvy sent the following memo out to all who

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