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There are still a few slots available for the small private writer’s group. If anyone is interested in participating–passing around parts of works in progress AND critiquing others’ work in a private group of up to 10 people–please let me … Continue reading
The Way I Was Taught to Write and How I Am Improving That Process
… I should probably go back and shorten some sentences, make sure I didn’t say the same thing twice, etc. But I’ll save that for tomorrow or the next time I blog on my writing progress. That way you will be able to see what happens when I stop a “story” from taking over and go back and improve it. After all, what is the sense of sharing how I learn to write if I show you nothing but the finished process?… Continue reading
Posted in About Writing, Learning to Write
Tagged About Writing, Before Edits, First Draft, Learning to Write, Writing, Writing Process
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How Do You Learn to Write?
Near the end, I realized that I had to make a decision. Since I have another site–WordPress driven, but part of my “business” page with GoDaddy–was it worth keeping up two blogs on education? So I put this question to the writing class: Continue reading
Posted in Blogging U, writing, Writing101
Tagged Blogging U, Learning to Write, WordPress classes, Writing, writing101
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Intense Writing 101 Class is Over…but Education or Writing? Help me decide.
It was with both relief and regret that I posted my final assignment to WordPress’ Bloggers U class called Writing 101. The idea behind the class was less to improve blogging than it was to improve writing in general. As … Continue reading
Day Twenty of Writing 101: The Things We Treasure
Treasured Things The Island It’s just another island holiday… Monday it was the King’s Birthday, yesterday (Thursday), the Queen’s Birthday, and today is Labor Day. This series of holidays seems to always fall at the end of the island’s Carnival … Continue reading
Affect and Effect | The Daily Post at WordPress.com
For all the writers and students out there, the use of the word “affect” when the meaning is “effect” is a personal peeve. When I’m reading, I often have to stop to figure out if the right word has been … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, dissertation writing, grammar, professional writing, student writing, thesis writing, word usage, WordPress.com, Writing
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Are you a grad student working on a thesis or dissertation?
If you are a graduate student–masters or doctoral–you may be interested in a blog I have on Blogger that deals with dissertation and thesis writing. Despite the fact that it’s called “Dissertation Works,” most of the information applies equally to … Continue reading
Kindle Publishing: A Diary–Day 7 Cover and book description
Dear Diary, Yesterday’s short post dealt with the ebook title. Today’s to-do deals with the ebook cover and writing the book’s description. And then there’s book content quality. To review yesterday, I played around with titles. I came pretty close … Continue reading
Write of Passage 