Tag: outline
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Why “Writer’s Block” Isn’t Really Writer’s Block—And How to Fix It
In the 1994 book Bird by Bird, author Anne Lamott dispenses advice legendary among writers on how to write a draft worthy of hitting send. Her key gem (and the only piece of advice I recall after nearly 30 years): “Just write a “sh***ty first draft.” That short sentence is the mantra that informs every…
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Write 200 Lousy Words Per Day, That’s It
Writing is drudgery for many people, which is part of the reason our clients let us do some of that writing for them. Often, the hardest part is just getting started, even if you write for a living. As I’ve described before in this blog, at the start of a writing project we may become…