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Overcoming Writer’s Block: 4 Effective Strategies
Four strategies for offsetting writer’s block. Most graduate students and faculty members write under the looming presence of a deadline. For me, it can produce writer’s block. I’ve learned the hard way that a deadline quelches my ability to think creatively and introduces panic to my writing. Since becoming a mother eons ago, I’ve learned…
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Maximize Your Writing Efficiency with a Writer’s Notebook
A writer’s notebook can be a place to think through ideas. It can enhance productivity and speed the process when it comes time for writing.
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Why Writers Struggle to Re-Read Their Work
Many writers, even the most seasoned ones, admit that they find it difficult to re-read their own work. The iconic feminist writer of the early to mid 1900s, Virginia Woolf, wrote about the horror of re-reading something after it’s published. She expressed this sentiment strongly in an excerpt from her diaries. “I wonder if I…