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| Becoming a Better Writer |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 8:44 am |
| Tags: Writing Blogs, Writing |
| I’ve been asked by a number of people how to become a better writer. Despite my current publications, I still find myself more in need of advice than I am prepared to offer it, but I do try to help. I don’t know where I first heard it, but what I usually pass on, and largely all I’m able to pass on is the one thing that worked |
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| Only a glimpse |
| Published: August 31, 2007, 7:04 am |
| Tags: Blogs Writing, Technology, Media |
| of us who read and write blogs. One of the members I regularly visit is Grant McCracken of This Blog Sits at . . . His post about his experience with virtual world congruence is the perfect illustration of one of these glimpses: It is titled, "Social networks and the virtual world," and I quote from it:There were virtual worlds in the |
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| Blog subjects - #3 of Series |
| Published: August 26, 2007, 8:30 am |
| Tags: Blogs Writing, Spirit Psych Personal 7 Sun, Politics |
| what I said:As for "lefty" blogs, there are several benefits, in my opinion:We get our "prejudices" reinforced. It feels good to be validated.In writing, I am able to clarify for myself what my real opinions are. The act of writing, for me, helps to resolve some of my ambivalence, as well as engender new thoughts and ideas. The "fuzzy mess" in |
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| Political prognostication presumptuous? |
| Published: August 24, 2007, 11:14 am |
| Tags: Congress, Bush, Blogs Writing, War, Elect Dems Admin Fri, Media, Politics |
| investigative or analytical writing. Members of the mainstream media must now check the web the first thing after starting their shifts. Jay Rosen at PressThink compiled a list (augmented by comments) of the best examples of bloggers' significant valid journalistic coups of recent times. It makes one proud! Quoting just a bit,A reading list, |
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| Blogging How-to's: #2 of Series |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 8:50 pm |
| Tags: Blogs Writing |
| reinforce my reasons for writing about a particular subject. Editing toward a powerful lead and for a logical order of ideas is crucial.Technorati tips - I am convinced that tagging helps me to get many more readers. Technorati is a widely used method for that. It is worth the effort to do it with all your posts, in addition to any labels you |
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| Liberated means - |
| Published: August 17, 2007, 11:30 am |
| Tags: Congress, Bush, Blogs Writing, Psychology, Elect Dems Admin Fri, Politics |
| personal thoughts weblog writing psychologySouth by |
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| Writing for the blogosphere - #1 of Series |
| Published: August 11, 2007, 5:43 pm |
| Tags: Blogs Writing |
| allowed me to gather all "blogs-writing" posts. What did I discover in the navel-lint? I looked at "writing" posts to glean and share at least one important and unique idea from each of the pieces. The following paragraphs list the writing topic, the date of the previous post, its title and quotes from the original post: Critical questions to |
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| Women are making their marks in the Middle East. |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 2:27 pm |
| Tags: Women, Blogs Writing, Middle East Thu, Foreign Policy, War, Security, Politics |
| For links to many more blogs (both genders)from Iraq visit IraqBlogCount. The webmaster is an Iraqi living in the U.K.My links:My creativity and dreaming post today at Good Second Mondays is about the imagery associated with the American flag.Technorati tags: current events blogs culture iraq middle east news women human rightsSouth |
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| On Encountering Evil |
| Published: September 2, 2007, 10:56 am |
| Tags: Civil Liberties, Bush, Blogs Writing, Spirit Psych Personal 7 Sun, Psychology, War, Religion, Security, Politics |
| VERY week has 7 days.Currently there are seven different calendars in use. My week begins on Monday and ends on Sunday. Sunday is a "day of the spirit" for Christians.But that is not the case for everyone around the world.For Jews, the Sabbath begins at sunset Friday. There is very good news for Germany this week. Berlin's largest Synagogue, |
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| What can I say (in 75-250 words)? #4 of Series |
| Published: September 3, 2007, 10:28 am |
| Tags: Sw Space Travel Mon, Blogs Writing, Technology |
| "Bloglines" feeds folder for blogs called "My sites," (where I sometimes post diaries or comments) reading "The Reaction," "TPMCafe," "TexasKaos," and "DailyKos." (67) I felt pleased that my posted words had became dialogue. (77) But I would not necessarily write about such egocentric material. (87)On to the next folder, my "News favorites |
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| What do we do? |
| Published: September 12, 2007, 8:05 am |
| Tags: Women, Civil Liberties Security, Blogs Writing, Psychology, Activism Blogging Wed, War, Politics |
| Exercise Vigilant Shield 2008 - Fellow activist/blogger "betmo" sent me these links with which she hoped I would "do something good." They are to NorthComMil News (pdf) and DissidentNews. And they are real "doozies!" The two together are enough to make knots in your stomach, similar to mine.Preparing the U.S. for marital law - The first |
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| Caring about the work - 1) thinking as we write or vote |
| Published: September 25, 2007, 10:08 am |
| Tags: Blogs Writing, Congress Tue, Politics |
| to mini- essays. Or the writing might resemble entries in a personal journal or diary. Our words must draw our readers to look further. Our regular readers become familiar with our style. They come back to hear our unique voices. For new readers, we also need to be recognizable; the audience must be able to identify with us in some small |
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| Caring about the work - 2) speaking thoughtfully as we write |
| Published: September 26, 2007, 2:33 pm |
| Tags: Blogs Writing, Activism Blogging Wed |
| travel.Technorati tags: best blogs current affairs news thoughts activism writingSouth by |
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| Caring about the work -- 3) listening to readers |
| Published: September 27, 2007, 6:56 am |
| Tags: Blogs Writing, Psychology, Media Technology |
| have over the years.Good writing is a function, in my opinion, of both good content and good style. Thanks again.Someone I do not recognize left this comment -- on the first post of this "caring" series. To quote: Anonymous said...You might have considered reading Mainstream Iowan's Terms of |
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