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The Writing Process

Anything that can make writing easier is a blessing, but many writers often approach it by the seat of their pants. There’s nothing wrong with that. Adding some structure to the writing process can make the work move along more smoothly though.

Many writers, who use structure, follow certain steps when planning or preparing to write:

1. Determine your audience or purpose.

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Written by Patti Stafford from Patti Stafford
Posted on March 17th, 2010 and filed under Writing
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Writing Instructions to Improve Your Writing Skills

I recently covered improving non-fiction writing through the use of studying fiction structure. Today, I’d like to continue with another writing style; writing instructions.

Your website may not be a how-to website, but writing out instructions can help you hone your writing skills in general.

Writing instructions includes giving step-by-step details of how to do something, procedures to follow, operating machinery, …

Written by Patti Stafford from Patti Stafford
Posted on March 12th, 2010 and filed under Writing
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Using Fiction Writing to Improve Your Non-Fiction Writing

There are many writers out there who write fiction and non-fiction alike. In the fiction world we follow a basic story structure. I’m no authority on that. If you’re interested in learning about it in depth, please visit Larry Brooks at Storyfix.com. He is a wealth of information on the topic.

Learning other how-to methods when it comes to writing …

Written by Patti Stafford from Patti Stafford
Posted on March 10th, 2010 and filed under Writing
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Top Five Tips to be Successful

I’ve read several books in my time on being successful and personal development. There are a few things that are repeated in most of them. They must be important. I want to share with you the ones that stand out to me the most. These principles can be applied to any area of your life that you want to be …

Written by Patti Stafford from Patti Stafford
Posted on February 26th, 2010 and filed under Writing
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Staying Motivated

You’ve started off with a bang, your sizzle has turned to fizzle–what do you do? You get motivated!

Most people start a new project on cloud nine and spend as much time as possible working on the new project, but soon the new-ness and glory begin to fade causing you to lose hope perhaps–it’s just not as fun or as appealing …

Written by Patti Stafford from Patti Stafford
Posted on February 24th, 2010 and filed under Writing
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Oh, God, It’s Snowing Again!

Surprise! It’s snowing again. Or should I say still?
I live in Eastern Ohio, where cold snowy winters aren’t exactly unheard of. I mean, this is a nice place to live and our weather usually doesn’t go to too many extremes. In the summer, we have thunderstorms but no tornadoes.

In the spring, it rains a lot but it usually doesn’t flood.
And in the winter, it snows, but we’re not snowed in.

That is, until …

Written by Sandy Fitzgerald from sandy43935
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 and filed under Around The Blogosphere, Blogger, Blogging, Reviews, Writing
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You’re Not Too Old Until You Think You’re Too Old

I’m going to divulge a little secret today–I’m almost 43 and it’s still my dream to publish a novel. After I passed the mid-twenties mark I thought of myself as too old and I thought that for many years. One day it dawned on me that a person isn’t too old until they think they’re too old. So while I’m …

Written by Patti Stafford from Patti Stafford
Posted on February 19th, 2010 and filed under Writing
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