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Writing Like Breathing or Eating or Walking

If you could master any writing style, how would you want to write? Sparsely and vigorously, like Hemingway? Magically and enchantingly like Gabriel Garcia Marquez? Flamboyantly like Shakespeare?...

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Writing As a Way to Relax

When we are young, we are taught to write because writing is a useful skill to have in life. As we grow up, we continue to write because we have to—think of school or university. After we’re done with...

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Writing As a Way to Remember

Memories are some of our most precious possessions. But as the years march by, they fade. Writing can help us preserve memories. Returning to our journals, notebooks, poems, or posts years later can...

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9 Things You Can Do on a Rainy Day at Home

Something about the pattering of the rain on the rooftop, the dripping of the raindrops on the darkening windowpane, and the warm dryness inside that makes me not mind rainy weather at all. Rainy days...

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In Praise of the Backspace Key

On our keyboards it stays aloof from other letters. We never begin a sentence with it, and unlike the Spacebar or Enter, we don’t press it eagerly as we flow with our thoughts. On the contrary, before...

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7 Things That Make Us Worse Writers

Some habits are worse for writers than others. Here's what I mean... 1. Sitting at a desk for too long Yes, we have to get the words down, but we can do a lot of writing while we’re away from our...

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How to Make Writing a Daily Habit

Do you want to write but find it hard to sit down and do it? Writing is something worth making time for. As for inspiration, well, you don’t have to wait for it. Consider making writing a daily habit,...

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