How busy is it good to be?
Two inches past busy.
That is how much writing and editing I like to have and how busy I like to be.
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Who Cares?
Who cares? It’s such a rude question.
And essential for the writer to ask. I can read over some of my own blog postings here on this very site (when enough time has passed and I’m no longer smitten with the very blogfullness of my blog), and think “who cares?” It’s usually when I’ve tried to be too clever, or I sound like I tried to be too clever. Or just gave way too much detail.
How to Beat Writer Procrastination
Procrastination turns me into a drifter in my own house. Wandering through the kitchen. Making tea. Sighing. Scratching that sweet spot behind my dog’s floppy ear. When all my interviews are completed and my research is done, it’s the actual writing of the thing that can leave me staring into space.
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Write What you Don’t Know
I know that “write what you know” is good advice, ladled out by the pot-full to beginning writers. It does get you started when you don’t know what to write at all.
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A Show Don’t Tell Master
Christie Blatchford is my Show Don’t Tell Writing Guru. The National Post writer shows readers what she wants them to see, instead of spelling it out word by word. This is the hard way to write. But it’s the best way.
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