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		<title>How to be a better writer &#8211; three tips</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/29/how-to-be-a-better-writer-three-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s how to become a better writer: 1) write 2) read 3) listen They seem obvious, at least to me. Especially the first one. How does anyone improve a skill except by practice? Whether they&#8217;re athletes, artists, entrepreneurs, doctors &#8212; whatever &#8212; people get good at something by doing it. A lot. It&#8217;s the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exuberance fuels creativity – book review</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/22/exuberance-fuels-creativity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Life could be so sweet on the sunny side of the street.” – McHugh/Fields – (This review originally appeared on the Thoughtwrestling blog, June 8, 2010.) I think it’s safe to say most people would rather be happy than unhappy. You feel better when you’re happy. There is also another reason why I prefer it: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arriving where we started</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/20/arriving-where-we-started/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Originally posted on another blog, this post was published Sept. 25, 2005 &#8211; or earlier. But it&#8217;s Father&#8217;s Day and I thought it appropriate.) It has not been the best of years for quite a few people I know. I’ve been struck by how many of them have lost someone in their lives, in most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Books from my night table</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/12/i-like-to-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like books; I like to read. Over at Thoughtwrestling, we&#8217;ve had a week of book suggestions and/or reviews from the various contributors. I made mention a few days ago about a book I&#8217;m currently re-reading called Exuberance. I also wrote a review of it. Today it occurred to me it would be interesting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What happens next?</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/05/11/what-happens-next/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 15:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are few things as frightening for the creator of something than, “What happens next?” This is because the next thing had better be good – at least as good as what preceded it. That’s what the audience expects. That’s why they ask, “What happens next?” A great recent example of this in action is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Publish or perish: the lessons of Scheherazade</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/05/05/publish-or-perish-the-lessons-of-scheherazade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 16:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scheherazade told one thousand and one stories over one thousand and one nights for good reason – to stay alive. Her chief lesson is simple: publish or perish. Actually, in her case, it was also publish and perish – maybe. It wasn’t enough for her to simply tell a tale. It had to be good. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seth&#8217;s silly request</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/04/25/seths-silly-request/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t mean this in the negative way it sounds but for me Seth Godin&#8217;s request, Empty your library, is silly. No need to ask &#8212; I do it anyway! (He asks us to share our copy of his book Linchpin.) Mind you, I&#8217;m a bit of a book geek so it&#8217;s harder for me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing is always linear and logical</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/04/22/writing-is-always-linear-and-logical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing is always linear and it always goes from here to there, beginning to end. This is true of fiction and non-fiction, novels and manuals, all writing. It may not seem that way in its final presented form. Many books and movies are presented in a chaotic, time-jumbled fashion where it may begin with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satisfaction vs. success</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/04/12/satisfaction-vs-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given a choice between satisfaction and success, I’ll take satisfaction every time. Why? Because of the difference between the two. One is focused internally and the other externally. We often speak of satisfaction as a negative thing. When we say we’re satisfied we often mean, “It’s okay. I’m satisfied.” Something is good enough, not great. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quotes are signage</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/04/09/quotes-are-signage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The internet is full of epigrams, aphorisms and quotes. I used a few in my post yesterday. You see them every day in tweets and status updates. They’re all over the place. Why is that? What are they for? They’re signage. That’s the simple answer. They&#8217;re wayfinding information. As with anything, excess turns them into [...]]]></description>
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