Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips What is a typographical error? Writing anything incorrectly when you know what is correct. For example: He nows how to type. Their going to school. I type as fast as I can when drafting. I make lots of typographical errors, and I don’t catch them all when editing.

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by Dwayne Phillips I present one technique I use to edit writing from others and myself. There are various techniques for editing writing. Here is one that I use more than any other. I reformat the paper in a word processor with a 0.3″ margin on the left and a 3″ margin on the right. […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I have been using a new writing technique lately in which I set a timer for uninterrupted writing, followed by a five-minute break, followed by another timed writing period. There are countless writing techniques. My advice for these techniques: Try the technique. If if works for you, use it. Otherwise, forget it. […]

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By Dwayne Phillips I am unable to say, “You implied such-and-such.” I know it is a small distinction that difference between imply and infer, but it bothers me. I continue to stumble upon these two words: imply and infer. I her people say, “You implied such-and-such.” Since this is my blog, I can rant to […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I stumble upon yet another source of story ideas. I like to write short stories. I have more ideas than time and energy to write them. A few weeks ago I stumbled upon yet another source of story ideas. Go to a McDonald’s somewhere where you never go Observe people Make up […]

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by Dwayne Phillips If you write 1,000 words a day, you will write 365,000 words in a year. That is about five novels or a hundred short stories. And that requires typing words for only one hour a day. I like to read the blog of author Dean Wesley Smith. He recently wrote about a […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I am bit by a large dog. What is worse, I could not write about it. I went on a short walk recently. The big event of the walk was that a large dog walked up to me and bit me on the right forearm. All things considered, I was fortunate. The […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Another embarrassing blog post: please put the date on your blog posts and articles. I am really embarrassed to be writing this one, but I do so because I continue to read posts and articles that are not dated. Was the piece written five minutes or five years ago? I don’t know […]

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by Dwayne Phillips As writers, we have all the facts of the world at our fingertips. While writing, don’t stop the typing to find the correct term. Put a THINGY placeholder on the page and come back later. Writing is easier than it used to be. Okay, anyone who tries to write can scream for […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Let’s return to basics and discuss the aspects of a plan. I love it when a plan comes together – that guy on the A-Team TV show This is one of those blog posts that I am embarrassed to write. Surely everyone already knows this one, right? Wrong. I wish I had […]

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