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By: Turnberry Communications » Do you need a creative writing catalyst?

Turnberry Communications » Do you need a creative writing catalyst? — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:17:32 +0000

[...] of their brain that may not have been used in a while. Meryl Evans wrote a post last week about muscle memory and writing. She made the point that as writers we need to continually work our brain to keep it limber and [...]

By: Meryl

Meryl — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:36:39 +0000

mmv, that’s a great tip. How many words do you shoot for on average?

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By: mmvhamilton

mmvhamilton — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:09:38 +0000

One of my practices has been writing to a brief word count. I found that it helped me do two things. First,I got much better at editing. Second, I got a sense of the flow of the word count. There were times that I wrote to within 1 or 2 words of the final 100. I could tell when I’d gone on too long or when I was drifting into another topic.
(woot! 103 words without an edit!)
And what does this have to do with getting out of my comfort zone? I can write a rambling 2500 words in a heartbeat! For me, effective brevity was the challenge.

By: Meryl

Meryl — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:42:26 +0000

Andrew, you hit it. I may have been writing for business for almost a decade — but on occasion, I’ll hit something new and uncomfortable. It keeps me sharp and expands my skills. But sometimes we go a long time without that… and that’s OK.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:39:28 +0000

Merryl,

A three hour tennis match sounds like more than I could personally handle – one set lasting just over thirty minutes sounds challenging enough.

With writing, I think it is important to get out of our comfort zones every now and then and try something different. That said, I haven’t really done much of that myself over the past year or so.
Andrew’s blog …Should models be sacked for being ‘too fat’

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Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:14:08 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Meryl K. Evans, Caroline Di Diego. Caroline Di Diego said: RT @merylkevans: Are you exercising your muscle memory? No dumbbells needed and it can make it easier to write more. http://bit.ly/3AzlOT [...]