Wordsmith Mastery: Write Your Book

Think and write like an author | Successfully think your way out of writers block

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Authors need both free flowing creativity and accuracy skills to create a remarkable book. It takes many skill sets to create a book. Authors need to tap into their divergent and convergent thinking depending on which task is at hand. Divergent vs. Convergent Thinking Divergent thinking is all about complexity, curiosity, flexibility, fluency/fluid, imagination, originality, …

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You Can’t Give Up on Your Book: Summary of Scrappy Rough Draft by Donna Barker

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Awhile ago I reviewed Scrappy Rough Draft by Donna Barker. I thought you might like a rundown of the different chapters–there are so many–and you only need to pick the ones that will help you finish your first draft. Hold your breath… here we go. Read chapter 1 if you feel you need to write …

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Writing About a Loved One | Interview with Colin MacAuthor

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I interviewed Colin MacArthur on writing a memoir about a loved one. Colin was born in Canada, but he lived nearly half his life in the UK. He’s always had an interest in writing and the written word has been published as a photographer and has had one-man exhibitions of his photography, both in Canada …

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