Tips on The Writing Process

When most people think about the planning stage of writing, they think of strict outlines that use a combinations of roman numerals, numbers, and upper and lower case letters.

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Writing Tips

The First Thing You Must Know About Writer’s Block is there is no such thing as writer’s block

There is no such thing as writer’s block.

Pick your slogan:

No excuses.
Just do it.
Do or do not. There is no try.

Put the pen or pencil on the paper and move it. Now you’re writing.

Even writing the same word over and over again is writing.

Writing Is Not Just One Thing

Writing…

Writing Tips

There is no such thing as writer’s block.

Again: There is no such thing as writer’s block.

Really.

There is moving the pen and not moving the pen.

The List

Here are 50 ways to break writer’s block — that thing you think you have that doesn’t exist.

A) Extra-linguistic Ways to Break Writer’s Block

Be receptive.
Listen to your…

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Writing Tips

The 6 errors listed below are high frequency mistakes in English.

• its / it’s
• there / their /they’re
• your / you’re
• lose / loose / loss
• definite / definitely / definately / defiantly
• “should have” vs. “should of” (would of / could of)

When discovered (usually on resumes, important memos…