WritingThoughts

Do people still read books for fun? Do people still read literature? As a person who thinks that curling up with a good book is the best way to relax, my answer to the question of whether or not people read books is: I certainly hope so. My fear, however, is that people do not […]

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Author Yvonne Russell, has started an interesting series on her site. She’s calling the series, “The Idea Catcher.” Yvonne’s first installment in the series is already in, and it looks like she has some good ideas on how to generate topic ideas. Yvonne’s post got me thinking. Who determines what I write about? I thought […]

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What makes readers hang on every word? What makes them eager for new writing? What makes readers return, time and again, to the same writing. These are questions that I have been asking myself lately. I’ve been looking for that je ne sais quoi that distinguishes great writing from merely adequate writing. In my search, […]

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Finally, here is the post that has been sitting half-written on my desktop for two days! As the writer in the family I also get to be the one who checks the kids’ homework papers. I’ve seen a disturbing trend in the grammar that they use in their school papers. The following sentences may work […]

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I recently posted a list of sites that list jobs for writers. The comments on my post (I love comments, btw, keep them coming) were interesting. Two successful writers whose work I admire, Carson Brackney and Deb Ng, expressed similar sentiments in their comments to my article. Carson said: “…the best way to stay neck-deep […]

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As far as I can tell, there are two reasons to write. So that other people can read what you have written. Examples of this type of writing are all around us, both on the Internet and in print. For your own personal pleasure. Examples of this type of writing could be a diary that […]

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Sometimes I think it’s fun (and healthy) to look in the mirror and laugh at ourselves. I put together this post with that idea firmly in mind (and with my tongue in my cheek). We writers can be a breed unto ourselves. Here are some common traits shared by writers that I have known and […]

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It happened to one of my daughters. We had just finished eating a delicious meal at our favorite local Chinese restaurant. She broke upon her fortune cookie, and then said, “Look at this!” We all passed around the little slip of paper that had the following words: “sometimes fortune cookies have no fortunes.” After we […]

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I spend a lot of time reading. One of the things that occurred to me was that inside of every writer is, first of all, a reader. I know that it’s true for me. I believe that it’s true for other writers as well.

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Yet Another Writing Blog was just one of the many, many names I almost choose for this blog. In some ways it does seem appropriate. There are so many writing blogs out there, how could I even begin to presume that I could have something unique and interesting to say. However, as I spent the […]

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