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7 Tips Pros Use To Get Words on the Page

Men With Pens

Usually it takes more than a few sheets of white paper and garlands of red ink before my work is good enough for the public eye. Many writers hit the keyboard for set periods of time. For example, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates likes to write before breakfast. ” Write for time. Just ask Nabokov.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

When I am putting together an editing report or when I am fact-checking – I often work on books that match subject areas I studied. Alas, that’s not going to happen, so books will have to do. Years later, I run an editing and writing business. I use my degree every single day. –Deb´s last blog.

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