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		<title>You need poetry in your posts</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/08/24/your-need-poetry-in-your-posts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What the world really needs is poetry in posts. Seriously. Keep in mind, when we use the word poetry we usually mean it in one of two ways. There is the very technical use when we are talking about something &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/08/24/your-need-poetry-in-your-posts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Get to the point</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get to your point immediately or readers will abandon you. This is especially so online. No one is willing to plow through that first little bit you write to guide a reader into your subject. It is &#8220;now or never&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/07/13/get-to-the-point/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why I posted the post I posted</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/06/17/why-i-posted-the-post-i-posted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny is always very subjective. For the purposes of this post, let us assume my post from yesterday (Dignity is an illusion) is funny. Why would I post it? It&#8217;s worth asking since it&#8217;s an old post from elsewhere. The &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/06/17/why-i-posted-the-post-i-posted/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Social media marketing – why make it hard?</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/07/08/social-media-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’re a small business owner and you have to get on that social media thing. Everybody says so. Everything you read says so. You can’t turn around without someone asking what you’re doing with social media. And you’ve looked at &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/07/08/social-media-marketing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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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 Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3128</guid>
		<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; &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/06/29/how-to-be-a-better-writer-three-tips/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The only reason I have a job</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/09/the-only-reason-i-have-a-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know a bit about a lot of things but I can&#8217;t really claim to be an expert on any level except in the area of stringing words together. Although I have had positions that involved technical work (audio engineer, &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/06/09/the-only-reason-i-have-a-job/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Writing is acting</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/03/10/writing-is-acting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m not big on rules or posts that say “do this” and “do that,” so this post is to simply describe how I approach writing. It might be better to say it describes what writing feels like to me. What &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/03/10/writing-is-acting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Words and how they sound</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The way words sound is critical to their effectiveness. How they are arranged is also critical. Language is musical; sentences are rhythmic. We don’t usually think in these terms though. But poets know it. Rappers know it. And writers of &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/03/08/words-and-how-they-sound/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Deviled by the wind</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dog and I are deviled by the wind. Our devilments differ but they have the wind in common. Take note that the word “the” is important. Were we deviled by wind that would be quite another matter, one of &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/03/05/deviled-by-the-wind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ten off-the-cuff writing rules</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/02/22/ten-off-the-cuff-writing-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I began this list last Thursday. I finished it off Saturday morning. Surprisingly, on Saturday I also came across Ten rules for writing fiction. It seems I wasn’t alone in putting together a list. (Those writers, by the way, are &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/02/22/ten-off-the-cuff-writing-rules/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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