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admin on March 28th, 2013

When writing, somehow the specter of our long-forgotten high school English teacher emerges in front of us and starts spouting rules of grammar, punctuation and spelling. And that specter makes us revert back to stiff, formal styles of writing that come across like a false smile or an unnatural pose in a photo.

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admin on January 2nd, 2013

Rather than “resolve” (which by its nature implies that something needs to be fixed and is therefore currently broken), Aspire, Inspire and Enjoy!

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admin on August 14th, 2012

my Boot Camp instructor, Stacy Ward, handed me a yellow wrist band etched with the words, “I Can Do This,” with the advice to glance at it each time I felt my resolve starting to melt. I put it on my left wrist, the side I’d be looking at as one of the left-side paddlers.

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Sometimes it’s hard to write. There are so many things going on around us, trying their darnedest to pull us away from our writing projects – kids, laundry, the phone…

Enjoy these Words of Encouragement brought to you by WritersRelief.com

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admin on October 30th, 2011

“When will I ever find the time to write?” It’s the lament of everyone who has ever sat down with a pen or a laptop and attempted to create a memoir, a poem, a short story or a full-fledged novel. Excuses begone! Stretch your writing fingers, pull your best characters and storylines out of the [...]

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admin on June 21st, 2011

If you are a writer and don’t have someone to hold you accountable – whether it’s a coach or a fellow writer, a friend or a calendar with dates marked in ink- I encourage you to find someone now. You’ll thank yourself for it!

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admin on May 9th, 2011

If words aren’t your job all day, every day – and sometimes even if they are – your message can be ineffective, and you just aren’t sure why.

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admin on April 25th, 2011

We all want to be the “next big thing.” We all want to give the talks, get writer’s cramp just signing books for hours on end, to see our books on the shelves of big box and Indie book stores alike, and to have our Amazon link come up on Page One of a Google search.

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admin on February 28th, 2011

I’m sitting on my sofa with my laptop perched on my lap (where else?), watching the 83rd Academy Awards and preparing the writing prompts for my creative writing students this week, when it hits me – each of these fabulous movies that are receiving nominations and stunning statuettes began as a spark in someone’s imagination. [...]

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admin on November 18th, 2010

There’s lasting value in writing well, even if you just write for yourself.

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