Writing Practice Prescription

Instead of eating, discover what is eating you.

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Chocolate may be good for you after all.

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Write to know the stories of you life.

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Write to be better.

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By Barbara McNichol
 
Recently I learned what a hot topic grammatical errors can be when one of my favorite blogs, Article Writing and Marketing Insights from Ezine Articles, took a subject close to my heart and made it relevant to everyone who writes.
 
Within 24 hours of posting “Avoiding the (6) Common Grammatical Errors That Make [...]

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My colleague Barbara McNichol has just published her new ebook titled Word Trippers.  If you do any type of writing this is a must-have resource which features 300+ Word Trippers compiled by Barbara who started acing grammar and spelling in the 4th grade. 
If you ever have trouble with with the notoriously difficult English language, this [...]

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Many studies have demonstrated a benefit on the use of expressive writing” regarding a past or ongoing stressful experience results in a wide range of beneficial effects, including physical health and cognitive functioning.”

This article, Effects of expressive writing on standardized graduate entrance exam performance and physical health functioning, differs in that it looks forward and not backwards. The authors looked at the impact of expressive writing to prepare for a stressful examination.

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Writing groups provide support, fellowship, and encouragement. They also offer suggestions, some good and some bad. Too many suggestions can set the stage for groupthinking which can hijack your work.

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The Health After Trauma website is undergoing a make over right now. Much of the fun and enthusiasm I have had in this process is discovering and working with Linda Lee a fellow author who knows how to design and build websites that get traffic.

Linda is a cheerful, available, and helpful webmaster who will help you build or retool your writing platform. Her website at www.askmepc.com gives you a complete blueprint on how you can get ready for building you website. Follow her steps and to make maximum use of your time and effort to create and maintain a beautiful and effective website.

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Don’t you just love to go to your writing group and watch the nervous two-step that some of the participants demonstrate when they read? Perhaps you know the drill. The writer starts to read and then sees a mistake and grabs a pencil or pen to correct the writing. Two sentences later, the same thing [...]

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