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When you should stop slogging throught writing | Men With Pens

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You bashed monsters by hitting keys on your keyboard whilst wondering if you could hook up a nodding bird à la Homer Simpson. You’d lose a crucial part of your life (and your income, if your writing forms all or part of your paid work). We boast on Twitter about the number of blog posts we’ve written in a day.

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Writer's Block - and One Trick to Beat It |

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Not blog posts, though. I had great ideas for posts , I’d sit down with full intentions of banging out the best blog post ever, get through a title and maybe a paragraph or two, and then… That was it. Those blog posts came hard. Did I need a writer’s recovery program Was I tapped out on blogging?

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The benefits of reading aloud | Men With Pens

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Now, when I say ‘don’t write’, I don’t mean you should take a break or get away from the keyboard for a day. Annemieke´s last blog. For writing/blogging newbies, it’s a pretty confrontational exercise. Heather Villa´s last blog. Þórey Ómars´s last blog. Useful though.

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How to Improve Your Writing | Men With Pens

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A few weeks ago, my mother read and enjoyed a guest blog post of mine – The Missing Half of Productivity Advice: Why Women Need to Get Involved. It shouldn’t have surprise me at all, really – I’ve been writing six to ten blog posts a week, every week, for at least eighteen months. That surprised me. Are we any good?

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Creative Mind Cleaning | Men With Pens

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Blogging has provided my mind with the Spring cleaning it has been in need of for a long time. Roschelle´s last blog. Heather Villa´s last blog. That loosens up the mind a bit to get into writing that is, hopefully, legible and coherent… Zoe´s last blog. Lucy Thorpe´s last blog.

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What To Do When You've Been Insulted | Men With Pens

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No delicate tippy-tapping on the keyboard for me. Email is one of the most common forms of communication between freelancers and clients, and all too often, the clients have no idea how they come off. Nathan Hangen´s last blog. We have none of that in email, on forums, even in comments on blogs. Or had he?

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Three Ways to Start a Revolution | Men With Pens

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Online business and blogging are changing every day. As the early-adopter generation of the internet, of blogging, of online business, we have an opportunity. Jordan Cooper´s last blog. I believe anyone who can build an audience for their blog in the first place can also offer paid content successfully.

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