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		<title>Efficiency</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/07/16/efficiency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“All life we work but work is a bore. If life’s for living, what’s living for?” - The Kinks - On a whim, I did a quick Google search for, “What is living for?” It didn’t have an answer. (It did, however, provide me a link to Wikipedia and an entry on sustainable living.) I [...]]]></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>
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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>This world will amaze you</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/22/this-world-will-amaze-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just came back from walking the dog in the park. While there, we met a guy. We stopped and chatted. He told me his story. I now feel exuberant. His story contained joy and tragedy; points of recognition; coincidence; verve and laughter. It amazed me. It goes like this: If you’ve read my posts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exuberance fuels creativity – book review</title>
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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>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</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, radio ad producer, a degree of coding for web sites), I&#8217;ve only managed to keep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Principles not rules</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/05/31/principles-not-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 13:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a wonderful quote from Robert McKee in reference to stories. It is this: &#8220;Story is about principles, not rules.&#8221; He explains the difference by saying a rule tells you what to; a principle simply says, &#8220;This works.&#8221; The first is usually an absolute, though nothing is ever absolute. The second is just good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking ahead</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/05/23/looking-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 15:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week was less active here at Writelife because I was busy with, work that pays the bills lovely weather requiring me to do outdoor work Every so often, this happens! I haven&#8217;t been inactive, however. I actually got quite a bit of writing done for others and have several posts in the &#8220;half-finished&#8221; stage. [...]]]></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>
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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>Perfect gets you killed: know when to let go</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/05/07/perfect-gets-you-killed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 10:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my post Publish or perish: the lessons of Scheherazade I listed six lessons, the last of which was, “Perfect gets you killed.” I don’t think I explained what I meant very well so let me try now. Most creative people I know spend a great deal of time editing their work: revising and tweaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recognizing voice recognition</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/05/03/recognizing-voice-recognition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 12:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bit late perhaps, I have finally seen the value to me of voice recognition software. It has its obvious value to those with various disabilities but it also has value to those who do not. Basically, until now I had been stuck in the rut of thinking simply in terms of using it to [...]]]></description>
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