Did you know that sitting for more than four hours every day increases your risk of suffering from a chronic disease and reduces your life expectancy*? Now that's alarming considering how glued we are to our desks and computers, to restaurants, cafes, and pubs, to cars and buses and couches. Writers are especially at risk … Continue reading How to Write Standing Up and Why You Should Do It
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Reading and Writing As a Way to Relieve Stress – The Benefits of the Written Word Upon the Worried Mind
(c) Girl reading by Mary-Jane Ansell While my medical adventures drag on, slowed down by paperwork and the (un)availability of doctors, I am trying to take things easy, to eat healthy food, to go on enjoyable walks every day, to rest, and, of course, to read and write. You know already that writing about your … Continue reading Reading and Writing As a Way to Relieve Stress – The Benefits of the Written Word Upon the Worried Mind
10 Editing Tips From Famous Authors (From Hemingway to Gaiman)
1 “Write drunk, edit sober.” -- Ernest Hemingway 2 “It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.“ -- Robert Southey 3 “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” -- Stephen King 4 “As to the adjective, when in doubt, strike it out.“ -- Mark Twain 5 … Continue reading 10 Editing Tips From Famous Authors (From Hemingway to Gaiman)
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