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Trying to Improve

May 13, 2012 – 6:11 am

One of the things about writing is that if you want to improve, you have to work at it yourself. Nobody is going to make you practice; nobody is going to force you to get better. Even taking writing classes is a choice – I’ve known people who took how-to-write classes simply to have a [...]

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Exercising, Part 2

December 8, 2010 – 9:03 am

Having gone on and on about how much I dislike writing exercises, I’m now going to talk a bit about how and when I think they’re useful. That would be mainly as very specific, targeted ways of addressing particular problems or writing skills that aren’t as developed as the rest of the writer’s tool set. [...]

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Exercising, part 1

December 5, 2010 – 5:19 pm

Back when I was in 7th grade, I took a sewing class for beginners. In the first class, they showed us how to work the sewing machines and then gave us pieces of paper to “sew” with a dull needle and no thread, so we could see how to guide stuff through the feed. I [...]

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On writing exercises

August 10, 2009 – 8:54 pm

Back when I was in 7th grade, I took a summer sewing class. On the first day, they showed everybody how to work the sewing machine and then gave us pieces of paper to “sew” with a dull needle and no thread, so we could learn how to guide stuff through the feeds.  I waited until [...]

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