My teachers were right, outlines help, but maybe not how I was taught

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Remember those days in high school when you were learning how to write term papers? My very well-meaning teachers tried to get us to use notecards and create outlines, anything to help us write better organized papers with the correct citation in the bibliography. And I hated and chafed at every, single moment of it. [...]

Writing with noise and distraction seems to work for me

Today was the big craft fair. I knew I would be there all day and that while I would have my laptop and would want to get work done, the key would be if I could get work done. Being disconnected from the net, I expected that. Not having ready access to power at the [...]

The Key to Good Writing Is Having A Good Workspace–Gear Up For Good Ergonomics

What does your workspace look like? No, not the color or how many file cabinets you have, but how is your laptop or monitor positioned? What does your neck feel like at the end of the day? How about your arms, wrists, fingers? Having had my own brushes with carpal tunnel problems, not to mention [...]

And the writing continues

In case you’re wondering what I’ve been up to lately I can sum it up in one word: editing. My editors at Pearson have been awesome (I think I’ve said this before, but I don’t think I can say it enough frankly) making suggestions that will make this book much, much better than the one [...]

Writing your first post [excerpt from the book]

This is an excerpt from “Chapter 3: Writing & Creating a conversation”, that I’m using as an example for the book on writing your first post… So your first post. The “Hello world, here I am. Time to listen up” statement. Uh huh. Right. Chances are your first post will suck. Oh yeah, pretty much [...]

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