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Inlandia Institute's 25 Fall All Genres Workshop Week One Folder

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Inlandia Institute's 25 Fall All Genres Workshop Week One

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A great technique for people with ADD like me to stay on task...

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I've never been big on productivity hacks and tricks. Instead, I keep things pretty simple. I take a look at my planner, jot down a list of things I want to get done that day, and then start hustling.

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But after hearing so much chatter about the Pomodoro Technique, I figured I should give it a try. So many different people have raved to me about how it helped them jumpstart their focus and boost their productivity. So I thought testing it out couldn't hurt -and, if all went well, maybe I'd even identify a new tactic for tackling my never-ending to-do list.

My findings are below, but first...

What is the Pomodoro Technique-and how do you use it?

The Pomodoro Technique is a time management system that encourages people to work with the time they have-rather than against it. The basic steps are:

1. Choose a single task to focus on.

2. Set a timer for 25 minutes and work only on your selected task.

3. After 25 minutes take a five-minute break.

4. Repeat steps 1-3 four times.

5. Take a longer break of about 15 to 30 minutes.

Using the Pomodoro method, you break your workday into 25-minute focus periods followed by five-minute breaks. Each of these focus periods plus a break period is called a Pomodoro-after the tomato-shaped timer first used to test the method.

What makes the Pomodoro method effective?

The idea behind the technique is that the timer instills a sense of urgency. Rather than feeling like you have endless time in the workday to get things done and then ultimately squandering those precious work hours on distractions, you know you only have 25 minutes to make as much progress on a task as possible.

The periodic forced breaks help to lessen that frazzled, burnt-out feeling most of us experience toward the end of the day. With this technique, you haven't spent hours in front of your computer without even realizing it. Instead, that ticking timer reminds you to get up and take a breather.

What apps can I download to help me Pomodoro?

If the concept of keeping such detailed track of your workday feels a little cumbersome-it did to me!-there are plenty of Pomodoro timer apps. Downloading one on my phone made things much easier for my experiment, and I highly recommend it if you're planning on trying this yourself. If you have an iPhone, try Focus Keeper for a no-frills (and low-distraction) option or Pomodoro - Focus Timer, which is a bit more customizable. Meanwhile, Android users can check out Pomodoro Timer Lite.

OK, but does the Pomodoro Technique really work?

Even though I'm a productivity "hack" skeptic, I tried the Pomodoro Technique for an entire week. Let's just get right to the heart of the matter: I actually ended up really liking this method-and it's probably something I'll continue to implement when I want to kick my productivity up a notch.

What I thought would happen when I tried the Pomodoro Technique

If I'm being perfectly honest, I'd anticipated not liking it at all. I'm the type of person who tends to sit in front of her computer and hammer out four hours of work without so much as a bathroom break. So the premise didn't seem like it would mesh well with me. But I went for it anyway.

What actually happened when I tried the Pomodoro Technique

At first, working in such small increments felt unnatural. There were quite a few times-especially in the beginning-when I was tempted to ignore the timer and continue working. But I forced myself to stick to the format.

What I loved about the Pomodoro Technique

After some time, the technique started to really gel with me. I was focused and super productive during my work time, as I was eager to get as much completed during that 25-minute interval as I could. I didn't find myself mindlessly scrolling through Facebook or getting sucked in by those pesky clickbait articles. And as a notorious multitasker, I noticed that I was totally zoned in on the one project at hand.

What I didn't love about the Pomodoro Technique

I wouldn't be an honest journalist if I didn't outline at least one drawback. While it worked great on the days when all of my time was my own, the Pomodoro Technique became quite complicated when I had scheduled calls and meetings. I didn't think my clients or colleagues would react too favorably to me yelling, "Be back in five! My timer just went off!" in the middle of a conversation.

So I ended up just completely deactivating my timer during these meetings-whether they were 15 minutes or an hour-and picking back up with the technique when those appointments were finished. Perhaps that means I bent the rules a bit, but I couldn't figure out a better way to handle that situation.

4 top tips for using the Pomodoro Technique

Here are a few pointers for getting the Pomodoro Technique to work for you:

1. Plan out your Pomodoros in advance.

Before you start your first timer, know what you're going to do with your 25-minute block. This lets you get right to work and keeps you from wasting time deciding what to do first.

2. Actually take your breaks.

Because I was so used to working in those long chunks of time (during which I thought I was being productive), the idea of splitting up my workday and-gasp!-wasting time on breaks seemed totally counterintuitive. How could working less actually help me accomplish more?

Because I was forced to get up and give myself a rest from staring at my laptop screen, I found that I actually did feel better at the end of each day. Not only did I feel like I had put in an honest day's work, but I also felt less stressed, blurry-eyed, and cramped up. Go figure-actually standing up a couple of times throughout the day really does help.

3. Don't be afraid to customize it.

If the timing of each time block doesn't feel quite right, you can always adjust the lengths of your breaks and focus periods until you've found the ideal balance for your workday.

4. Find a Pom partner.

Give yourself added accountability by finding someone to try out the method with. Tell each other what you plan to do with your Pomodoros and hit start at the same time. Then, check in during your breaks to give each other kudos and encouragement. Your partner doesn't need to be a coworker, or even in the same place as you!

And if you can't find someone who wants to try the method with you, see if there's a friend who you can share your intentions for each time block with-this added layer of accountability can help you stay on track.
Regina Borsellino contributed writing, reporting, and/or advice to this article.

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I Hate Productivity Hacks, Except for This One

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The Pomodoro Technique is a famous time management method that boosts your productivity. Here's how to use it-and what happened when a productivity-hack skeptic tried it.

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One of my New Year's resolutions for 2014 was to write daily. I'm happy to report that I only missed a total of three days in 2014. I'm currently on a 250-day writing streak, and it's become kind of addictive [edit: at 812 now, a year and a half later].

Here's some of what I learned about cultivating a writing habit.

Why write daily?

The idea came from a book called The Artist's Way (which admittedly I haven't read - but I've heard it's good). They call it morning pages, which consist of three pages of writing done every day. It can be about anything that pops into your head - and it's important that you get it all out of your head without editing or censoring in any way.

If you can get in the habit of writing daily, it will help clear your mind and get your ideas flowing for the rest of the day.

I initially started writing every day because I eventually want to write a book, but it's become so much more than that. I use my daily writing as a way to think out loud, troubleshooting problems, thoughts, and anxieties I have. It gives me something to look forward to in the morning and actually puts me in a really good mood.

As my friend Dev says, "Developing a daily writing practice is about deepening a conversation with oneself."

A really tangible benefit is that I've written way more blog posts since I've started writing every day.

Before, writing was something that I often needed to do - whether it was writing an email, a blog post, or a letter I'd been meaning to write - but never really found the time for.

Figure out why you personally want to write more often. Is it to start a blog, to build a following, to become known as a thought leader, to connect with your inner voice, to develop a creative outlet, or to write a book? These are ALL good reasons, but it's good to know which ones are most important to you and which ones aren't. These will be your guiding forces that propel you forward when things are tough.

Pick some accountability metrics

It's easy to say "I want to start writing more" and then fudge it at the end of the year. It's tempting to come up with a loose goal - one that isn't tied to a specific number or action - because it doesn't require much thought and is almost impossible to fail. (Because what does "write more" even mean? Does sitting down to write once or twice count?)

But goals like that are almost meaningless and unlikely to help you create meaningful change in your life.

Instead, come up with one or two trackable goals. My trackable goal this year was to write 750 words every day. Seven hundred and fifty words is about three pages handwritten (or one page typed single space). But there's another reason I picked that number which will become more obvious in a second.

Specificity matters. If you want to change your behavior, you have to know how to measure it.

Make it a regular practice

This is the really hard part, but in order to hit a big goal you have to develop regular habits in your life. When a friend introduced me to 750words.com, I was blown away. It's a simple site where you go to do your daily writing. 750words isn't a publishing platform, it's a personal tracking tool. It keeps track of your writing streak and gives you some really cool daily stats on your writing as well as badges for your accomplishments that keep things fun.

Keeping track of streaks is a very powerful tactic for developing any new habit. Jerry Seinfeld used to keep a big calendar by his desk and mark an X for every day that he sat down and worked on his routine. Eventually his streak became so long that he kept going just because he didn't want to break it ( edit: this is a misattribution - see note). Like I mentioned before, I'm currently on a 250-day writing streak and the thought of breaking it pains me.

At first I started by writing whenever I had time during the day. Sometimes it was in the morning, sometimes it was at night, journal-style, just before going to bed. The problem with this haphazard approach was that a whole day would pass by without me finding any time to write. Indeed, those three days of writing that I missed, I didn't even realized I missed them. I thought I had written on those days.

Eventually I settled on writing my 750 words first thing in the morning every morning.

Do you feel like you don't have time to accomplish your goals every day? Make time.

Lao Tzu says, "Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have have time,' is like saying 'I don't want to.'"

The best thing I ever did for writing and habit development in general was start waking up earlier. Recently there has been some research saying that seven hours of sleep per night might be better than eight. So now I try to be in bed by 11:30pm and wake up at around 6:30am every morning.

Find ways to make it fun & easy

On top of the badges and stats that 750words.com gives me, I've had to find other ways to make it fun and kill the tediousness I sometimes feel.

Initially I started by writing in different styles every day. One day would be murder mystery, then science fiction, then romance. Sometimes I write letters to my parents or my friends. They really appreciate those.

It might sound weird to write in a different genre or style than you're used to, but three pages goes by pretty quickly, and then you get to never look at it again if you don't like it.
Find a friend to keep you accountable and make it more fun.
For a while, my friend Mathias and I sent each other prompts to kick start our daily writing. One person would send the other a single sentence of a story to use as the first sentence and also a style to write the story in (to push us out of our comfort zone). Then the other person had to finish it in that style. Here's an example:
Pippa eyed the watermelon two over from the end on the left because it reminded her of her ex-boyfriend. "This one will be perfect," she thought.
Though most of the time I just write in free-form every morning. I've been able to get the total time it takes to write 750 words down to about 10-15 minutes.
Keep a notebook of prompts for later days
I've started keeping a notebook of writing prompts in Evernote in case I've run out of ideas or I want to finish a blog post (this is actually one of them). During the day, I come up with ideas, add them to Evernote, and then I write about those in the morning.

Right now, the list includes "What I've learned so far in 2014," "There's no expectation of privacy on the Internet," "On people holding subway doors," and other random thoughts I have on the subway.

One Month is sending out a daily writing prompt for 30 days to help encourage a daily writing habit. If you want to join in, click here to sign up to get an email reminder every day for 30 days.

Don't worry about editing

It will take you forever (about an hour) to write 750 words if you worry about format and editing while doing the creative stuff too. Most people recommend separating the two actions.

Ernest Hemingway said, "Write drunk; edit sober"

Get comfortable with having tons of typos and your writing being mostly nonsense. If you want, you can edit it later.

This can be hard so a trick I've learned to accomplish this is to turn the brightness down on your computer screen so that you can't read what you're writing.

A lot of times, I'll pick an idea from my Evernote notebook of blog post ideas and write about it for 750 words. Then I'll take that writing and upload it to Medium for editing. I usually do one round of personal editing and then send it around to a few friends (using the "share draft" feature) before publishing. Some of my most successful blog posts have been developed in this way (including How to get a busy person to respond to your email and How to never forget anything ever again).

Want to write more? So do we. Join One Month for 30 days of free writing prompts. You'll get a new one-sentence prompt by email every day for one month.

Do you have any other tips for developing a daily writing practice? Have you read anything about techniques famous authors used to write every day? Post a comment! I'm going to compile a list of best practices.

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One of my New Year's resolutions for 2014 was to write daily. I'm happy to report that I only missed a total of three days in 2014. I'm currently on a 250-day writing streak, and it's become kind of addictive [edit: at 812 now, a year and a half later].

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An alternative to the notebook journal...it provides you with an analysis of your soul after each session..eye opening...

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★ What is this site about?

It's about learning a new habit: Writing. Every. Day.

I've long been inspired by an idea I first learned about in The Artist's Way called morning pages. Morning pages are three pages of writing done every day, typically encouraged to be in "long hand", typically done in the morning, that can be about anything and everything that comes into your head. It's about getting it all out of your head, and is not supposed to be edited or censored in any way. The idea is that if you can get in the habit of writing three pages a day, that it will help clear your mind and get the ideas flowing for the rest of the day. Unlike many of the other exercises in that book, I found that this one actually worked and was really really useful.

I've used the exercise as a great way to think out loud without having to worry about half-formed ideas, random tangents, private stuff, and all the other things in our heads that we often filter out before ever voicing them or writing about them. It's a daily brain dump. Over time, I've found that it's also very helpful as a tool to get thoughts going that have become stuck, or to help get to the bottom of a rotten mood.

750 Words is the online, future-ified, fun-ified translation of this exercise. Here's how it works:

★ All online and private

In the past, looking for a spare notebook was probably easier than looking for a computer. Not anymore. I don't know if my hands even work anymore with pen and paper for any task that takes longer than signing a check or credit card receipt.

★ It's not blogging or status updating

I've tried writing my 750 words a day on Livejournal, Wordpress, PBWorks, Tumblr, and all of these other sites designed around putting content online. It hasn't worked for me. I fear that I might accidentally forget to mark daily pages as private. And it's just weird having my private brain dumps out on various sites that are designed to be more social. I don't need to title my entries, or tag them, or enable comments, or any of that other stuff. This is writing, and it's online, but it's not blogging, or Twittering, or Facebook status updating. This is between you and you.

★ 3 Pages = 750 words

I looked this up. 250 words per page is considered to be the standard accepted number of words per page. So, three standard pages are about 750 words. Of course if 750words.com hadn't been available, I would've totally found a way to prove that 249 words per page was the accepted standard. It really just comes down to the fact that this amount of writing feels about right. You can't just fart out 3 pages without running into your subconscious a little bit... 750 words takes a bit of effort, and it never fails to get me typing things that I have wanted to articulate without realizing it. And that's the point.

Because 750 words is nothing to sneeze at, it's also nice to have an easy way to know how many words you have to go. This site of course tracks your word count at all times and lets you know when you've passed the blessed 750 mark. And it gives you a nice big screen to write on, automatically scrolls as you write (like a typewriter), and automatically saves your writing as you go.

★ It's fun

Every month you get a clean slate. If you write anything at all, you get 1 point. If you write 750 words or more, you get 2 points. If you write two, three or more days in a row, you get even more points. It's fun to try to stay on streaks and the points are a way to play around with that. You can also see how others are doing points-wise if you're at all competitive that way. How I see it, points can motivate early on, and eventually the joy of writing will kick in and you'll be writing without any external motivation at all.

★ Learn about yourself in the process

For example, learn about how often you get distracted, and how fast you write.

Every day you write, you'll get beautiful stats that analyze the feelings, themes, and mindset of your words.

Free-writing, in my opinion, is like a cheap, easy form of therapy that can improve the quality of your life in many ways. If you're interested in the connections between free-writing and meditation, read this article: Better than meditation.

★ It's about writing, and getting into your brain

The rest are just tricks to help get us there.

★ Who made this?

I did, and Kellianne helps keep it running smoothly. Tell us what you think of it or how you want it to improve by talking with us over at on Twitter or Facebook.

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It's about learning a new habit: Writing. Every. Day. I've long been inspired by an idea I first learned about in The Artist's Way called morning pages. Morning pages are three pages of writing done every day, typically encouraged to be in "long hand", typically done in the morning, that can be about anything and everything that comes into your head.

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The pomodoro technique utilizes alternating study and break times of 25 and 5 minutes, respectively.

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POMODORO TECHNIQUE - My Favorite Tool to Improve Studying and Productivity

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Natalie Goldberg's revolutionary Writing Down the Bones...a freeing experience for those who have suffered from the red pen of a school marm... Place any thoughts or comments below...

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Interview with Natalie Goldberg

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A Feb. 7, 2016 interview with author Natalie Goldberg on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of her phenomenally successful self-help for writers book, "Writing Down The Bones." The Taos News' Tempo editor Rick Romancito talks with Goldberg about the origins of her book, the Zen practice of writing, her emerging presence as a visual artist and her newest book, "The Great Spring: Writing, Zen, and This Zigzag Life." Goldberg's accomplishments will be celebrated Feb. 19-20, 2016 in Taos. The first day will include a proclamation read by Taos Mayor Dan Barrone declaring Feb. 19 "Natalie Goldberg Day," and the second a "sharing" by many of the author's students over the years. The event is sponsored by the Society of the Muse of the Southwest (SOMOS) and the Mabel Dodge Luhan House. Video was shot and edited by Rick Romancito for The Taos News Media Center, www.taosnews.com.

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Natalie Goldberg on Writing Down the Bones

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A Feb. 7, 2016 interview with author Natalie Goldberg on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of her phenomenally successful self-help for writers book, "Writing Down The Bones." The Taos News' Tempo editor Rick Romancito talks with Goldberg about the origins of her book, the Zen practice of writing, her emerging presence as a visual artist and her newest book, "The Great Spring: Writing, Zen, and This Zigzag Life."

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Polaroids by my fav Annie Lamott Page One

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Polaroids by my fav Annie Lamott Page One

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This is a chapter in the must read "Bird by Bird." Lamott uses this book to share writing lessons and various other insights into it all..truly a classic....

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Polaroids by my fav Annie Lamott Page Two

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Polaroids by my fav Annie Lamott Page Two

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Below are some short articles and videos pertaining to adverbs...what are your thoughts on adverbs. Also, if you have any articles, etc on adverbs place in the column as well....just click the plus sign :-)

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Stephen King explains why he is more scared of adverbs than he is Cujo. What do you think? Place comments below...

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"Employ a simple and straightforward style," Mark Twain instructed in the 18th of his 18 famous literary admonitions. And what greater enemy of simplicity and straightforwardness than the adverb? Or so argues Stephen King in On Writing: A Memoir on the Craft (public library), one of 9 essential books to help you write better.

While he may have used a handful of well-placed adverbs in his excellent recent case for gun control, King embarks upon a forceful crusade against this malignant part of speech:

The adverb is not your friend.
Adverbs ... are words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They're the ones that usually end in -ly. Adverbs, like the passive voice, seem to have been created with the timid writer in mind. ... With adverbs, the writer usually tells us he or she is afraid he/she isn't expressing himself/herself clearly, that he or she is not getting the point or the picture across.

Consider the sentence He closed the door firmly. It's by no means a terrible sentence (at least it's got an active verb going for it), but ask yourself if firmly really has to be there. You can argue that it expresses a degree of difference between He closed the door and He slammed the door, and you'll get no argument from me ... but what about context? What about all the enlightening (not to say emotionally moving) prose which came before He closed the door firmly? Shouldn't this tell us how he closed the door? And if the foregoing prose does tell us, isn't firmly an extra word? Isn't it redundant?

Someone out there is now accusing me of being tiresome and anal-retentive. I deny it. I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops. To put it another way, they're like dandelions. If you have one on your lawn, it looks pretty and unique. If you fail to root it out, however, you find five the next day . . . fifty the day after that . . . and then, my brothers and sisters, your lawn is totally, completely, and profligately covered with dandelions. By then you see them for the weeds they really are, but by then it's - GASP!! - too late.

I can be a good sport about adverbs, though. Yes I can. With one exception: dialogue attribution. I insist that you use the adverb in dialogue attribution only in the rarest and most special of occasions . . . and not even then, if you can avoid it. Just to make sure we all know what we're talking about, examine these three sentences:
'Put it down!' she shouted.
'Give it back,' he pleaded, 'it's mine.'
'Don't be such a fool, Jekyll,' Utterson said.
In these sentences, shouted, pleaded, and said are verbs of dialogue attribution. Now look at these dubious revisions:
'Put it down! she shouted menacingly.
'Give it back,' he pleaded abjectly, 'it's mine.'
'Don't be such a fool, Jekyll,' Utterson said contemptuously.
The three latter sentences are all weaker than the three former ones, and most readers will see why immediately.

King uses the admonition against adverbs as a springboard for a wider lens on good and bad writing, exploring the interplay of fear, timidity, and affectation:

I'm convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. If one is writing for one's own pleasure, that fear may be mild - timidity is the word I've used here. If, however, one is working under deadline - a school paper, a newspaper article, the SAT writing sample - that fear may be intense. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather; you may feel the urge to grasp a passive verb or one of those nasty adverbs for the same reason. Just remember before you do that Dumbo didn't need the feather; the magic was in him.

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Good writing is often about letting go of fear and affectation. Affectation itself, beginning with the need to define some sorts of writing as 'good' and other sorts as 'bad,' is fearful behavior.

This latter part, touching on the contrast between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, illustrates the critical difference between working for prestige and working for purpose.

Complement On Writing with more famous wisdom on the craft from Kurt Vonnegut, Susan Sontag, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, F. Scott Fitzgerald, H. P. Lovecraft, Zadie Smith, John Steinbeck, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Mary Karr, Isabel Allende, and Susan Orlean.

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Stephen King on Writing, Fear, and the Atrocity of Adverbs

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"Employ a simple and straightforward style," Mark Twain instructed in the 18th of his 18 famous literary admonitions. And what greater enemy of simplicity and straightforwardness than the adverb? Or so argues Stephen King in On Writing: A Memoir on the Craft (public library ), one of 9 essential books to help you write better.

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Adverbs as the Road to Hell Conversation

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Adverbs as the Road to Hell Conversation

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Stephen King insists adverbs are 'hell', but sometimes they work....

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Stephen King insists adverbs are 'hell', but sometimes they work....

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Express columnists. The Daily Express and Sunday Express columnists among them Ann Widdecombe, Vanessa Feltz, Frederick Forsyth. Opinion and analysis from columnists

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Since this is a new session,  please take a second to introduce yourself in the comment area below. You may write whatever you think is important to introduce yourself. Here are some questions to consider:
1. What is the name you prefer?
2. What do you like to write?
3. What do you like to read?
4.What is your favorite genre of book?
5.What's your favorite movie?
6. If you are working on a project, tell us what your project is.

Welcome!!

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Create Your Own Padlet Reflects Your Practice of Writing

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Create Your Own Padlet Reflects Your Practice of Writing

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Feel free to use your favorite quotes about writing, reading, etc...videos, articles, pictures associated with your writing practice or hoped for writing practice. Post Padlet in this column below by clicking on the + button. We will review as a class next week and if you wish to, you can share your padlet.

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Alternating Wednesdays, 9/10, 9/24, 10/15, 10/29, and 11/12, 6:00-9:00 PM PT, on ZOOM: https://tinyurl.com/Inlandia-Gurley

In this multi-genre workshop, participants submit poetry and prose for biweekly critiques and receive feedback from other group members. Discussions include the craft of writing and the challenges writers face. The workshop leader provides biweekly articles and links related to participants’ work, particularly to problems that were discussed in the previous session

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Fall 2022 Creative Writing Workshops Begin September 6! Register today: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2022CWW Starting September 6, Inlandia will be offering more writing workshops than ever before! Explore poetry, prose, nonfiction, and memoir. Learn to appreciate Black art or discover the deliciousness of writing about food. Classes will be offered in writing for children and young adults, and [...]

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Fall 2022 Creative Writing Workshops Begin September 6! Register today: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2022CWW Starting September 6, Inlandia will be offering more writing workshops than ever before! Explore poetry, prose, nonfiction, and memoir. Learn to appreciate Black art or discover the deliciousness of writing about food. Classes will be offered in writing for children and young adults, and [...]

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Julia Cameron's Morning pages technique.  Place any thoughts or comments below...

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Some tips if the morning pages appeal to your

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Morning Pages | 15 Tips to Get the MOST Out of this Exercise (TODAY)

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4-HOUR STUDY WITH ME🌦️ / calm piano / A Rainy Day in Shinjuku, Tokyo / with countdown+alarm

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One great way to sharpen your writer's eye is to examine the way the masters have done it and then use their style to create your own version...this week, the challenge is to use this piece as a springboard to write a house in your own life...

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Good poetry seems so simple and natural a thing that when we meet it, we wonder that all men are not always poets.- HD Thoreau

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Hello! My preferred name is Amelia. I like to write poetry, and to read everything from Noam Chomsky to Jane Austen  to those cozy mysteries where a cat solves a murder in a seaside bakery. My favorite genre of book varies because I’m a mood reader. Picking an all-time favorite  movie is too daunting, but one film I enjoyed in theaters recently was The Conjuring: Last Rites. I am not currently working on any ongoing projects. However, I recently had a poem published for the first time in the summer edition of Poetic Reveries. I look forward to working with you all!