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(Writing) Style Wars: A New Hope
Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style is a classic style guide, and it’s useful in many ways. Arguably one of its biggest contributions is that it gets us to think about the way we put words together. William Strunk … Continue reading
Posted in Revision, Tips and Tricks
Tagged blog writing, Revision, style, usage, writing tips
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Writing Power’s Writers’ Circle: Git ‘R Done Edition
Okay, Writing Power Writers’ Circle members, I’ve given us all some time in May to finish our April goals. (Sometimes you need just one more weekend, right?) How did you do? Let us know in the comments. We’re eager to … Continue reading
Cut The Cleverness
You have really outdone yourself this time. I mean, you knew you were a good writer, but this – this is great. You have just crafted the perfect analogy (or description, thesis statement, blog post): it’s punchy, it’s tongue-in-cheek, and … Continue reading
Guest Post For The Positivity Blog
Hi, Everyone – I’m pleased to announce that I wrote a guest post for The Positivity Blog. It’s called How You Can Use Proposals to Achieve Your Goals. The post considers the logic underlying proposals and extracts personal development ideas … Continue reading
Posted in Tips and Tricks, Writing Power News
Tagged blog writing, proposals, writing tips
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Welcome To Writing Power
Welcome, Lifehack readers! Thanks for visiting Writing Power. Three to five times a week, I offer tips and tricks designed to help enrich your life by improving your writing. My writing experience comes from the academic and business writing worlds, … Continue reading
Writing Power’s Links to Love: March 31
Dustin M. Wax of LifeHack fame has launched a great new site for writers. He says, “I’ll be posting software and hardware reviews, tutorials, marketing tips, writing advice, and whatever else I can think of-all focused on how writers can … Continue reading
Awaken Your Inner Storyteller, Part 2
In my last post, I discussed narrative’s importance to all sorts of writing, and I offered tips on narrative sequencing and organization. Today, I want to focus on how writers make decisions about including details in narratives, and how writers … Continue reading
Posted in Kinds of Writing
Tagged blog writing, narration, narrative, Revision, writing, writing tips
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Awaken Your Inner Storyteller, Part 1
Welcome to Writing Power, the site that aims to help people enrich their lives by improving their writing. If you like what you read, I hope you’ll become a regular reader by subscribing to Writing Power’s RSS feed. In addition, … Continue reading
Posted in Kinds of Writing
Tagged blog writing, narration, narrative, writing, writing tips
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Ask The Writers: Overcoming Writer’s Block
Writer’s block. Two innocuous looking words, responsible for a lot of misery. What is writer’s block? In some ways, writer’s block is like procrastination. You may be reluctant to work on a writing project because of fear: you are unsure whether the project will succeed, … Continue reading
Streamline Your Writing With Outcomes Measurement
As most of you know, I currently work full time as a college English professor. Before that, however, I spent a year as a full time grant writer for an educational nonprofit organization. The grant writing world is quite different … Continue reading
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Tagged blog writing, grant writing, outcomes measurement, Revision, writing, writing tips
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