Comments on: Finish Your Writing Project Using These Secrets

By: Read Listen Watch Do Write Teach « Art Biz Blog

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:59:36 +0000

[…] what you have learned will make it more real. There is great value in seeing on paper or on the screen what you have […]

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:47:10 +0000

In reply to Phil Kendall.

Phil: I always print drafts on the back side of used paper. I know it still uses ink, but sometimes you just have to print it out.

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By: Phil Kendall

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:44:24 +0000

I’m a great fan of MS OneNote sort of type away…then spell correct….put lots of spaces in…cut & paste until perfect…use different pages for different parts of the subject… etc.
Using paper is not environmentally friendly

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By: Barbara Muir

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:17:48 +0000

Great idea. Printer ink has been on my list for weeks. The idea of actually cutting out parts you’re editing with scissors goes back to the origins of the words cut and paste, and is how it was done. Plus reading aloud is a wonderful idea. Thanks for this.
XO Barbara

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:38:11 +0000

In reply to Travis Apel.

Travis: It’s obvious you are constantly improving. Good work!
I took voice lessons when I started recording a podcast. SO helpful. Now I can stand to listen to my voice. Still don’t love it, but it doesn’t grate an longer.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:36:38 +0000

In reply to Ellene Breedlove Davis.

I didn’t even mention how important it is to write without editing first. It’s valuable to have that flow.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:35:52 +0000

In reply to Miranda Gerber.

YES! It also helps get rid of “just” and “really” and “very,” which are way overused.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:35:26 +0000

In reply to Sasha.

Sasha: I’ve heard of this trick. Never done it because i can’t imagine it. Do you do one word at a time or one sentence at a time?

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By: Travis Apel

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:25:21 +0000

I cannot emphasize enough how much these tips are helpful! Perhaps I can add another layer. Have someone else read your writing back to you. Or, read it out loud and record it as MP3 audio file.
A counselor had me record my positive reinforcing thoughts into a recorder. I listened to them daily. The results were helpful in building my self-confidence. Hearing your own voice gives you an interesting point of view. For me, it was strange at first.
An additional tip that may help….use different words for similar rhetoric. I read my writings and found that using the same words lacked originality. Being mindful of curbing repeated vocabulary can make a difference for written pieces sounding more unique.

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By: Ellene Breedlove Davis

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:20:31 +0000

Writing without editing I use too many the’s and and’s, etc. It’s easy to catch this when I read aloud.

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