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Seven Ways Your Physical Environment Can Help or Hinder Your Writing | Writing Forward - 0 views

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  • Are You Likely to be Interrupted?
  • What Can You Hear?
  • Are You Sitting Comfortably?
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  • How Much Clutter Can You See?
  • What’s the Mood of Your Room Like?
  • Are Your Tools Good Ones?
  • Just imagine trying to write with a dried-up pen, where you have to keep stopping to go over too-faint words.
  • If your keyboard is fiddly to type on, if the software you’re using freezes or crashes, or if you’re struggling in some way against your tools, don’t put up with this: change it.
  • Are You Allowing Distractions In?
  • John Lemke on 04 Sep 14
     
    A good approach to looking at how your environment impacts your productivity. 
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Kn- Words in English - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 27 Jul 14
     
    Some "Kn" words you know and, most likely, a few new ones for your vocabulary.
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Avoid Loser Writing Clients With This Quickie Checklist - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 27 Jul 14
     
    I made it a pledge to start be serious about my freelance work in January.  This list could have saved me a few courses at the school of hard knocks.
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Writer Unboxed » Imagining Beyond One's Own Experience, or What the Fiction W... - 0 views

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  • Imagining is the job of the fiction writer. This is what we do, every time we sit down in front of a blank page. It seems as if we’re working with no more than a keyboard or pen and paper, but that’s not true. We have at our disposal every person we’ve ever known, every experience we’ve ever had, seen, heard and felt. Our ingredients are the people who have ignored us and caused us to search our brains for reasons why, people whom we’ve admired, both intimately and from a distance, and people whom we’ve tried to emulate. People who love us despite our faults; people we can’t stand despite our efforts to be better people ourselves.
  • John Lemke on 27 Jul 14
     
    A great read on putting the writer in another's shoes. If you desire to do fiction, it is certainly worth the time to read.
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3 Strategies to Stand Out From the Content Creation Crowd - 0 views

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  • It’s no longer enough to simply write content. Everybody’s doing that.
  • standing out from the crowd by finding a place that seems a bit less dangerous (finding your “content” niche). This would be a good call.
  • John Lemke on 24 Jun 14
     
    If you don't get at least one idea from this article, you have some type of reading disorder.
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Work out vs. Workout - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 24 Jun 14
     
    I agree with the person who pointed it out. There is a difference between the noun and verb but it is too often ignored.
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The music industry is still screwed: Why Spotify, Amazon and iTunes can't save musical ... - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 22 Jun 14
     
    See the thing is that people like coulton, ebel, etc., are figuring it out.  The scribes bought the printing press in this case.  Yeah, it is gonna be harder with the labels into the streaming services but the model is more like the reznor model by the indies and not what the labels are actually doing. I think that this puts too much emphasis on streaming.  The radio industry is going to die when streaming gets into our cars.  ANYONE can set up a stream.
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The Scientific Guide to Creating Sticky Headlines - 0 views

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  • According to Social Triggers and Wired Magazine, George Lowenstien, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University developed a theory called “the information gap theory of curiosity.” Lowenstein says “curiosity is rather simple: It comes when we feel a gap ‘between what we know and what we want to know.’” (source) He goes on to say “This gap has emotional consequences: it feels like a mental itch, a mosquito bite on the brain. We seek out new knowledge because we that’s how we scratch the itch.” That’s why these headline formulas increase traffic.
  • Imagine again that you’re a blogger looking to leverage Facebook.  You begin to click on multiple posts titled “How to get more traffic using Facebook” and bunch of other variations. What happens?  All of the posts begin to run together becoming indecipherable to your brain.  Psychologists call this cognitive overload and you passively read post after post after post.  You never truly connect with the blogger or the message.
  • By adding a quantifiable benefit, you’re accomplishing two things.  First you’re laser targeting the type of reader you want to see the post.  And second, you’re giving them a realistic goal to strive for.
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  • When a person can see the finish line, they’re far more likely to start.
  • Take a look at what happens when you google “From 2,500 to 1 million fans in 2 years”.
  • Ask yourself if you can add either a quantifiable benefit or a specific time frame to your post.  Can you tell the story about how you got more readers to your blog in 30 days?  Or can you tell the story about how you helped a friend drop 15 pounds without starving herself?
  • John Lemke on 22 Jun 14
     
    This is a good list and also explains the "whys" of it.
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7 Tactics for Writing the Best Facebook Posts *Every Time* - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 22 Jun 14
     
    These are some good points. Kudos to Beth Kanter for the find.
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6 Smart Ways to Find Out if a Magazine Pays for Freelance Articles | The Renegade Writer - 0 views

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  • The Writer’s Market and Mediabistro’s How to Pitch guides both offer information on their listed magazines for what percentage of the publication is freelanced out, and of pay rates. If the magazine you want is in there, you’re set with the info you need.
  • Many magazines have their writer’s guidelines right on their website these days. Poke around there and see if you can turn up any “write for us” information.
  • Don’t overlook the insights the mighty search engine might bring you if you do a search on “pay at X magazine.”
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  • Do some searches on job-ad compilation sites such as Indeed.com, or on LinkedIn and see if they’re hiring staffers. If they hire paid writers full-time and do use freelancers, it’s a fair bet that they pay freelancers, too.
  • If you don’t know other freelance writers, you need to. Don’t think of other freelance as the competition — they are your sounding board and may know about magazines you want to try. They can refer you gigs, too.
  • When all else fails, see if you can scare up a phone number for the magazine and call. Barring that, find an editorial email and try that. View lack of response as a strong indicator that they don’t pay.
  • John Lemke on 22 Jun 14
     
    If you are writing for income, you obviously want to get paid.  This article gives some good advice on how to gain the knowledge and avoid the school of hard knocks.
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Writer Unboxed » The Four Characteristics of Author Attitude and Why You Need... - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 22 Jun 14
     
    Not only does the author have a good list but a great acronym... w00t! I feel the influence already.
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Suffer and Suffrage - 0 views

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  • the two words have different origins
  • John Lemke on 21 Jun 14
     
    I always thought they had a similar origin.  Turns out they don't.
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Present Participle as Adjective - 0 views

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  • the present participle always ends in -ing.
  • Used with helping verbs, the present participle forms the continuous tenses
  • Used without a helping verb, the present participle functions as an adjective.
  • John Lemke on 19 Jun 14
     
    Another article for Daily Writing Tips.  A great site to subscribe to and read daily if you are any type of writer.
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Five scientifically proven productivity hacks | Freelance Advisor - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 19 Jun 14
     
    A list of some good lifestyle ideas for productivity.
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6 Embarrassing Grammar Mistakes You Simply Don't Want to Make - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 18 Jun 14
     
    Point one, I make em', you make em', we all make em' and everyone makes these mistakes.
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Writer Unboxed » To Pseudonym or Not to Pseudonym - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 18 Jun 14
     
    I think I kind of get it.
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How to Become a Writer - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 27 Jun 14
     
    A nice collection of pictures and sayings to keep you motivated as a writer.
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Gerunds - 0 views

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  • A gerund is an -ing verb form used as a noun.
  • John Lemke on 27 Jun 14
     
    No it is not some type of flower but a noun that ends in "ing". 
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