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		<title>In praise of the follower</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/09/11/followers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For what seems years now, I’m been hearing about leadership. I’ve been in conferences, read books and seen countless posts online about how you have to be a leader. Everyone on a team has to lead. It’s in leadership that &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/09/11/followers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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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>Creativity can obscure your message</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/04/28/creativity-can-obscure-your-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an age of digital this and that, when many of us live large parts of our lives online, creativity often obfuscates our message. Obfuscate means to &#8220;render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible,&#8221; as my dictionary defines it. It&#8217;s not that &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/04/28/creativity-can-obscure-your-message/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Social media fugue &#8211; is the bloom off the rose?</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/04/01/social-media-fugue-is-the-bloom-off-the-rose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#1074;&#1080;&#1082; &#1091;&#1089;&#1083;&#1091;&#1075;&#1080;Over the last four months or so I have been using social media far less than a year ago and I wonder if social media hasn’t hit a kind of tipping point and I’ve entered into a kind of &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/04/01/social-media-fugue-is-the-bloom-off-the-rose/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Dutch Wife and multiple stories &#8211; a review</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/12/20/the-dutch-wife-and-multiple-stories-a-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote and posted the review below about six years ago when I first read this book. I liked it so much, I&#8217;m reading it again. And so, I&#8217;m posting this again &#8230; I just finished reading one of the &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/12/20/the-dutch-wife-and-multiple-stories-a-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Always fascinated by story</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/10/27/always-fascinated-by-story-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This is a repost of something I wrote in 2006. I have long since finished reading the book referred to. In fact, I&#8217;ve reread it since. It&#8217;s very good. By the way, this is not really a review; it&#8217;s a &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/10/27/always-fascinated-by-story-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in The Shallows</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/07/14/lost-in-the-shallows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“According to an extensive 2009 study conducted by Ball State University’s Center for Media Design, most Americans, no matter what their age, spend at least eight and a half hours a day looking at a television, a computer monitor, or &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/07/14/lost-in-the-shallows/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Visual storytelling: know your medium</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/07/09/visual-storytelling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a 30 second ad I&#8217;d like you watch &#8212; but with the sound off. You&#8217;ve probably seen the ad before; it has been on TV enough and all over the Internet. Whether you have seen it or not, &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/07/09/visual-storytelling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The real road trip</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/14/the-real-road-trip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting post led to an even more interesting discussion. On Thoughtwrestling, Rebecca posted “Zen and the Road Trip Book,” her take on Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZMM), a book from 1974 that has lingered &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/06/14/the-real-road-trip/">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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