It’s a sad fact of life that the most entertaining reviews are the ones that are highly critical of the thing being reviewed.
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Question marks, by Terry Freedman
Categories or tags? Or both?
in Handy hints
It was hard enough to pluck up the courage to start your own blog, and now all of a sudden you have discovered there are things called categories and tags. What are they?
Read MoreBooks Unseen: All of the Marvels
Apparently, the author of this book took on the gargantuan task of reading through 27,000 Marvel comics (which sounds exactly like the sort of job I’ve been looking for!).
Read MoreBooks Unseen: Gothic: An Illustrated History
in Books Unseen
I should think this book provides some interesting background to reading and viewing anything in the gothic genre.
Read MoreOn this day: My non-writing writing day
in Archives, On this day
The value of having days when you don’t write, but when you do stuff in the service of writing.
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Quick look: The 12 Week Year for Writers
in Bookshelf, Quick looks, Reviews
This is a book about strategy and meeting objectives rather than a how-to-write guide.
Read MoreThe best length of a blog post
in News & views
Which of the following broad categories “should” your blog posts fall into?
Read MoreShort-form writing (book review)
When your word count is restricted, you have to make every word count.
Read More7 blogging questions
There are not really many hard and fast “rules” of blogging as such, but here are a few thoughts based on my experience of blogging, teaching teachers about blogging and teaching a course on blogging.
Read MoreI, The Dictator
in Audio, Technology
One of the few good things about fracturing my right elbow on the 21st of August 2021 was that I was finally forced into experimenting with dictating articles instead of writing them.
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Deadline! By Terry Freedman
How I cope with looming deadlines -- 5 strategies
How do I handle deadlines?
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My Archive, by Terry Freedman
Articles on writing in the week beginning 1st November 2021
in Archives
In case you missed them, here are the articles I published on the Writers’ Know-How website last week.
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Just some of the fonts available at dafont.com
Handwriting on your blog
So, you’d like to use a handwriting font on your website or blog? It’s pretty easy, but you ought to think about the impression you want to create. And perhaps use it sparingly.
Read MoreIs it better to have more ideas than time, or more time than ideas?
Rather than spend time writing an article, I thought I’d draw a picture instead.
Read MoreRecalling my Discovery of Sherman Alexie
in News & views, Reviews
I always try to follow my intuition. Thus it was that, with deadlines pressing on me, and pressure from all sides, I decided to ignore my intellectual protestations and listen to my inner voice.
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River walk, by Terry Freedman
Do exercise to be creative
in Handy hints
Fortunately, I don’t suffer from writers’ block. I do, however, sometimes suffer from lack of inspiration.
Read More50 Rules for writers
Not all of these rules were written by or for writers, but I think they all apply. I especially like Considine’s Law — which in my experience is true!
Read MoreA ridiculous correspondence
The writer Keith Waterhouse once wrote a column in which he mused that he was certain there was an organisation whose sole purpose was to drive people insane.
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Swearing, by Terry Freedman
Why swearing in writing or speaking is (usually) very ill-judged (Updated)
Gratuitous swearing usually adds nothing to a piece of writing or a talk. It’s unpleasant to listen to, and probably has unfortunate consequences for the offender.
Read MoreCreative writing exercise: reflections; I remember
The exercise was to take photos on the theme of reflections, and then write about one of them.
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