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Writers Unbound - May 29, 2008
Let’s review. 1> a mission, vision, goal, purpose 2> a means (your type of writing) 3> a method (how you get your means on paper) 4> an experience, voice, perspective, history 5> an inflowing of ideas …
Tagged: tools, writing, ideas, inspirational, writing business
Writers Unbound - May 29, 2008
“It’s called a lance, helloooo?” -A Knight’s Tale So here you are, the Mercenary Writer, seeker of fame and fortune and a good cup of coffee, out to conquer the world, abolish dangling participles, and make enough …
Tagged: inspirational, writing business
Writers Unbound - May 29, 2008
This is my favorite definition of freelance, because of #4. It’s from WordNet. Freelance: 1) working for yourself, 2) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any …
Tagged: wildcard
Writers Unbound - May 27, 2008
I picked up Roy Peter Clark’s book, Writing Tools, a couple of weeks ago, and have been gleefully browsing through it since. It isn’t the kind of book you have to read front to back. Each of the fifty tools has its own …
Tagged: resources, tools, growth, style and technique
Writers Unbound - May 24, 2008
The writer’s work is discouraging. You sit and write for two or three hours and end up with a couple of pages to show, which you will then sit and edit for two or three hours until the pages are reduced to paragraphs …
Tagged: life, writing, inspirational, wildcard
Writers Unbound - May 23, 2008
And with no further ado… Idealist.org is a forum and resource for non-profit organizations. They have a job board which you can search according to your criteria. This morning I found 10 results under “freelance …
Tagged: thursday 13
Writers Unbound - May 22, 2008
You know how you’re not supposed to bail out someone with an addiction, because it doesn’t allow him to deal with the consequences of his behavior? And how you’re not supposed to bring beer around an alcoholic, or …
Tagged: notebooks, home office, addictions
Writers Unbound - May 21, 2008
I’ve eyed them, but held myself back. Why pay $15 for a notebook when I can pay $5 for a plainer one without an inside pocket? It’s all paper. Last week I did it. Just the little three-pack of pocket plain journals, no …
Tagged: home office, moleskine, addictions
Writers Unbound - May 21, 2008
I received this email from Doug Pugh, Administrator at The Write Idea: The Write Idea, a small but friendly writers forum have recently released details of the first annual competition named in honour of their founder …
Tagged: poetry, forum, fiction, contest, writing contests
Writers Unbound - May 21, 2008
Jeff Davis wrote this book about how particular practices and philosophies of yoga can benefit the writer. I bought it at a library book sale (I should have been at home writing) and then read through most of it (I …
Tagged: writing, style and technique