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Do you have the wrong idea about freelance writers? Unfortunately, a lot of people do. Even some writers get the wrong idea about freelance writing. The amount of misinformation about freelance writing on the Internet is astounding. Read on to find out some of the most common myths about freelance writing. You’ve probably run into […]

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It’s easy for writers to get a bad case of “perfectionism” and think that their copy is not good enough. If you’ve ever written, and rewritten, and rewritten the same piece of writing again and again because it just didn’t seem right to you–then you know what I mean. While I’m definitely in favor of […]

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I might have been a bit moody as a teen. I remember dragging a notebook around (it wasn’t really a journal–just an ordinary composition book) and jotting down poems and other thoughts as they occurred to me. Why would I do such a thing? I attribute my early scribblings to something many of us who […]

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It’s that time of the year again. The time when everyone posts a long (or not so long) list of New Year’s Resolutions to their blog. Well, you won’t see that here. Are you wondering why? Here are a few of the reasons why I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions any more.

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There’s been a lot of talk about blogging lately. Some online personalities have stated publicly that as social media becomes more mature and starts to offer more features, there’s little reason to continue with their own blog. Others haven’t made any such statement, but have constructively abandoned their own blog (not posting for weeks or, […]

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Are you looking for information about writing and other writing-related tips? You’ve come to the right place! I’ve packed this blog with writing information. However, some of you may not be aware that I write on other blogs. Yet, some of those other posts also contain information that might be useful to writers. So today, […]

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Words are powerful. As a writer, I’m very aware of the power of words. Words can heal. Words can hurt. Words can incite anger or joy. Since I use words for a living I love the fact that they can be so powerful. But, my profession is also why it’s all too easy for me […]

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Writing is not a nine to five job. There are many jobs that allow you to go in each morning, do a day’s work, and then go home in the evening without giving your job a second thought. Writing is not one of them.

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Writing is the main thing I do. If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I’ve written hundreds of blog posts. My posts can be found not only here on WritingThoughts, but all over the Internet. I’ve been a regular blog author on five different blogs and I’ve also contributed numerous guest […]

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Inspiration is a big part of writing, although I’ve found that it’s better not to wait idly for inspiration to come to me, but to forge on ahead and meet it in the middle. Still, some experiences are simply more inspirational than others. As writers, it’s important to work those inspirational experiences into our busy […]

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