For many years I’ve liked American nonfiction writing in periodicals such as Harpers, The Atlantic and The New Yorker, and it’s been interesting (for me at any rate) to learn that I also enjoy American fiction.
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Film, by Dean Shareski Some rights reserved
Yesterday I spent a very interesting three hours on a course called A Taste of Film.
Read MoreMuch of the narrative about fake news seems to take the view that fake news is peddled by outlets other than mainstream media, that if mainstream media do produce fake news it’s either accidental or because the “journalism” is rubbish, and that basically it’s up to the rest of us to make sure we’re not fooled.
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Filler text, by Terry Freedman
You can, of course, create text for use as filler text, or recycle an existing document. A better approach, because it’s faster, is to use a random text generator. The remainder of this document looks at a few options available to you.
Read MoreShe walked over to the window and reflected on her deprived surroundings. She had always loved urban Truro with its plain, pong parks. It was a place that encouraged her tendency to feel worried.
Read MoreIt’s a sad fact of life that the most entertaining reviews are the ones that are highly critical of the thing being reviewed.
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Question marks, by Terry Freedman
It was hard enough to pluck up the courage to start your own blog, and now all of a sudden you have discovered there are things called categories and tags. What are they?
Read MoreApparently, the author of this book took on the gargantuan task of reading through 27,000 Marvel comics (which sounds exactly like the sort of job I’ve been looking for!).
Read MoreI should think this book provides some interesting background to reading and viewing anything in the gothic genre.
Read MoreThe value of having days when you don’t write, but when you do stuff in the service of writing.
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This is a book about strategy and meeting objectives rather than a how-to-write guide.
Read MoreWhich of the following broad categories “should” your blog posts fall into?
Read MoreWhen your word count is restricted, you have to make every word count.
Read MoreThere are not really many hard and fast “rules” of blogging as such, but here are a few thoughts based on my experience of blogging, teaching teachers about blogging and teaching a course on blogging.
Read MoreOne of the few good things about fracturing my right elbow on the 21st of August 2021 was that I was finally forced into experimenting with dictating articles instead of writing them.
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Deadline! By Terry Freedman
How do I handle deadlines?
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My Archive, by Terry Freedman
In case you missed them, here are the articles I published on the Writers’ Know-How website last week.
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Just some of the fonts available at dafont.com
So, you’d like to use a handwriting font on your website or blog? It’s pretty easy, but you ought to think about the impression you want to create. And perhaps use it sparingly.
Read MoreRather than spend time writing an article, I thought I’d draw a picture instead.
Read MoreI always try to follow my intuition. Thus it was that, with deadlines pressing on me, and pressure from all sides, I decided to ignore my intellectual protestations and listen to my inner voice.
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