Men With Pens

JULY 29, 2012

So try these 9 tricks and see for yourself what happens: Writing Trick #1: Use “You” Yes, you probably know this trick already … but are you using it? Here’s an example of how I could have written the previous paragraph, with the differences in bold: Some “I” language is fine.

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Men With Pens

JULY 4, 2010

It’s especially hard for new writers to find their writing voice, because they already feel awkward having their work in the spotlight and subject to public approval. I think I do a good job of writing in my voice already, but think these exercises would be really interesting. But figuring out your writing voice isn’t easy.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 23, 2010

Once you’ve written a few short stories, those daily blog posts that once were hard to write are going to get a lot easier. We still read novels that were written in the 18th century. We still watch plays that were written in the 16th century – or even earlier. If you’ve ever written fiction, you’ve probably discovered the same.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

When you’ve been blogging for nearly four years and written quite a bit more than 1,000 posts, you tend to forget a great deal – like the fact that you actually wrote this stuff, and that hey, some of it is pretty darned good. I started religiously keeping my own work sometime in CEGEP, and I have all my essay papers.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 15, 2009

James and I do the same kind of writing, and our male clients have been absolutely thrilled with the copy that both of us have written. But by the time potential clients find that out, they’ve already passed that initial stage of deciding whether or not to keep on checking me out. After all, I’m a woman. Women less often.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Give Yourself a Reasonable Extension If you’re already on your way to being sick, you know that you won’t be able to jump right back in and start producing high-quality work the day you start feeling a little bit better. Taylor was sick. Everyone was sick. There are times when you can power through sickness and get your work done. Forget it!

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Brilliantly Better

MAY 27, 2010

Some essay that I have to concoct in less than 10 minutes? Most of the time, I already know it. Beautifully written! What small victories was I ready to conquer? What tiny but relevant roadblock would I overcome? Would it be a new assignment? Some new math problem that I have to solve? I confess I loved school.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Written by James - 69 Comments Many freelancers have university degrees. It’s like when we ask people their target market and they say “Everyone!&# (No, no!) @ Phil – I HATED researching for essays. Enough Of The Gender Divide, Already! Jodi – That’s the best quote and I do agree. since 1994.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Written by James - 106 Comments “I’ve been blogging for five years. I totally support paid content; it’s already happening in WP with premium themes. I think we are already seeing ebooks move to free. Time to think about the retirement fund.&# “We get to retire? and THEN consider such a move.

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Productivityist

JULY 10, 2014

"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread." – Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism. I''d already proven that. We live in a world where speed and quantity dominates. I also took into account what I''d need to do with other members of my team to make it happen in a manner that was effective first and efficient second.

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